HCM City - Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway to be enlarged

The investor of HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway has proposed to the Ministry of Transport to expand the expressway in order to meet transportation demands.

An Phu Interchange

According to the Cuu Long Corporation for Investment Development and Project Management of Infrastructure, the expansion will better meet regional traffic demand. The company proposed enlargement of a 24km-long section from Ba Dat Bridge in HCM City's District 2 to the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau intersection in Dong Nai Province.

The An Phu-Vanh Dai section which has four lanes would be enlarged to eight lanes. It will be enlarged from 26.5m to 36m wide. The Bien Hoa-Vung Tau section will also be enlarged to eight lanes. An Phu-Ring Road 2 overpass will be enlarged to 17.5m wide and another bridge will be built 13m away from Long Thanh Bridge.

Some interchanges on the Ring Road 3 and Road 319B are included in some projects set for the 2020-2025 period.

There is also a proposal to invest in the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau interchange with connecting roads leading to Long Thanh Airport in order to ease congestion on National Highway 51.

It is estimated that the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway investment will be around VND9.9trn (USD426m), of which VND300bn are for ground clearance.

Cuu Long Corporation for Investment Development and Project Management of Infrastructure asked for more funds from the state budget and ODA loans from the Japan International Co-operation Agency.