Southern traffic artery gets expanded

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai opened a ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of the National Highway 51 in the southern province of Dong Nai on August 2.

The Deputy PM described the highway as a traffic artery of strategic significance to the southern economic zone.

He said the zoning of the seaport cluster No. 5 that links seaports in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and the oil-field Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, has put a high pressure on the Highway 51 and caused traffic congestions.

Mr. Hai asked administrations and residents of Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces, where the road is designed to run across, to provide best conditions for the project to finish in 30 months as scheduled.

The 72.7-km road section will be expanded to 39m in width with six motor lanes and two general lanes.

The project, which costs VND3.2 trillion (US$177.7 million), includes the expansion of 16 bridges and construction of 13 other river bridges and 12 flyovers in the densely-populated areas.

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