Investor moves toll booth, drivers protest

The major investor in the Hanoi Highway in Ho Chi Minh City is to move the location of a major toll booth on the highway to District 9, about two kilometers from its present location in District 2.

The investor, the HCMC Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company (CII), said it has lost money since the Saigon Port moved to Cat Lai Port in District 2 last year as many trucks have been entering Cat Lai Port without going past the toll booth.

However, the HCMC Goods Transportation Association has protested as the investor will begin collecting fees in the new area while it has neither finished enlarging the highway in District 9 nor begun needed construction work on Rach Chiec Bridge, which links districts 2 and 9.

The booth’s new location will ensure toll collection from these trucks as well. The move is to be made from September.

Mai Vong

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