HCM City plans to develop key traffic infrastructure worksHo Chi Minh City is planning to add a number of key traffic projects to its transportation planning, including projects to expand roads linking districts and neighbouring southern provinces. In particular, the 89.3-km, VND55.8-trillion ($2.53 billion) Ring Road 3—going through Ho Chi Minh City and the south provinces of Binh Duong and Long An—saw particular interest at the meeting. Nguyen Ngoc Tuong, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee, said Ring Road 3 should be accelerated to avoid delays, especially in the compensation for site clearance. Tran Quang Lam, deputy director of the city’s Department of Transport, said: “Traffic infrastructure in the urban areas did not keep up with urbanisation, leading to great pressure in the areas featuring high-rise buildings and dense population. All this time, the city has been investing in large roads but has yet to resolve traffic jams.”VIR

Source: VietNamNet News February 06, 2018 00:00 UTC