VND110bn bridge project halted due to lack of connection road

The opening of a bridge connecting Hanoi and Bac Giang Province has been delayed as there are no connection roads.

The opening of a bridge connecting Hanoi and Bac Giang Province has been delayed as there are no connection roads.

   

The opening of Xuan Cam Bridge has been delayed for two years as there are no connection roads.

Le Tho Cuong, supervisor of Xuan Cam Bridge Project which spans across Cau River, said, "After two years of construction, everything has been completed but we have to block this bridge instead of opening it to traffic."

The project still lacks an important part which is the 3km road connecting the bridge and the Bac Phu intersection in Soc Son District.

The Ring Road 4 section in Bac Giang Province is an important project. The total section is 35km long from Bac Giang-Hanoi Highway to Xuan Cam Bridge. A total of VND1.2trn (USD51.6m) has been used to build Xuan Cam Bridge and the railway overpass. The fund is from the provincial budget and government bonds.

   

The project lacks connecting road.

The Ring Road 4 has a speed limit of 80km/h and will run through 15 districts and communes from Hanoi City to Vinh Phuc, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces. It will also run across the Red River, Duong River and Cau River. Xuan Cam Bridge is 479 metres long and 12 metres wide with an investment of VND110bn (USD4.7m).

  

Local people cross the river by ferry barge.

Nguyen Xuan Tuyen, head of the Planning Department under the Management Board of Soc Son District Construction Projects, said, "Since early 2018, when the Ring Road 4 Project was approved, we sent many documents to the Hanoi People's Council to seek approval to build the connecting road. In February, we asked again to include the connecting road into Soc Son's master plan. However, we were rejected because the road project is not in the 2015 plan."

According to Tuyen, if the project is approved, they can start the construction in 2021 and the road will be completed in 2022.

Vu Van Dong, vice head of the construction team said the connecting road project had some ground clearance problems.