The project to build a 2.06-kilometre section of the Belt Road 2.5 project, running from the Dam Hong area in Hoang Mai District to National Highway 1 has cost VND1.30 trillion (USD53.71 million).
The site clearance was started in 2010 and was scheduled to be completed in three years
Around 67,125 square metres of land in the districts of Hoang Mai and Thanh Xuan were compulsorily purchased for the project implementation.
To date, roughly 1.3 kilometres of the total 2.05-kilometre belt road section project has been completed, equal to 87 percent of the work.
Work on a project bridge has been stagnant for seven years.
Tran Thi Trang, who lives near the project, said that residents had to suffer from severe air pollution due to the prolonged construction.
According to a representative from the Hoang Mai District People’s Committee, households disagreed with the compensation policies, slowing down the site clearance. However, the problem has been solved.
Rubbish is dumped in the unfinished part of the project.
Once the project is fully operational, it will help to ease traffic congestion at the intersection of Kim Dong and Giai Phong.
