HCMC authorities have urged the local Department of Transport (DOT) to complete the planning and construction of steel traffic overpasses.

Thu Duc overpass proposal

The DOT and HCMC Infrastructure Investment JSC have been asked to quickly complete their plan to build a light overpass over Thu Duc junction.

According to the original DOT proposal, the 328 metre overpass at Thu Duc will have two nine-metre lanes and join Le Van Viet Street to Vo Van Ngan Street. However the plan has been altered to include up to four lanes.

The local authorities also asked DOT to ensure the progress of the overpasses at the Hang Xanh intersection which is scheduled to open by November 20. Both 256-metre long four lanes overpasses will run in parallel.

After the two overpasses are completed, HCMC will continue to build two more at Cay Go and Lang Cha Ca junction to deal with persistent traffic congestion.

In the previous report, the local Department of Transport said the city currently has 1,350 intersections with 120 main roads. It proposed to build light overpasses which have short construction times. Construction work will also have little effect on traffic in the meantime.