HCM City-Dau Giay Highway section opens to traffic
(VOV) - A section of the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Highway, linking HCM City’s District No9 to Highway 51 in Dong Nai province’s Long Thanh district opened to traffic on January 2.
The 20km-long and four-lane section permits a maximum speed of 100km/h and a minimum speed of 60km/h. The minimum safe distance is 80m.
Authorities hope the newly opened section will help meet upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) travel demands. It shortens travel time between HCM City and Long Thanh to a mere 20 minutes and from HCM City to Vung Tau to 80 minutes.
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Subsequent reductions in transport costs promote trade between HCM City and its surrounds, fuelling socio-economic development in the southeast region.
Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) General Director Mai Tuan Anh explained the Ministry of Transport decided opening the highway section prior to Tet would best serve local residents.
At the launch ceremony, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong asked investors and contractors to hasten the work to open the rest of the highway to public traffic in 2015.
Construction of the 55km long highway began in October 2009 with a total cost of VND20,630 billion sourced from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Japan Intenraitonal Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Vietnam.