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Hanoi transport projects stagnant due to Covid-19
  • | tienphong, dtinews.vn | August 12, 2021 11:03 AM
Many transport construction projects in Hanoi are facing sluggish progress due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

  

Hanoi transport projects stagnant due to Covid-19


The road expansion project for Le Van Luong Tunnel should have been completed by now according to the schedule. However, ground clearance and some constructions have not been completed.

Dang Anh Tuan, the representative of Ficon Vietnam Company, the contractor of the project, said as the Covid-19 situation in Vietnam has developed since May, social distancing rules were tightened and construction trucks can hardly travel out due to a lack of required papers.

The bridge construction across Linh Dam Lake is also stagnant because of the same reason. It used to take only three days to complete a pillar, but now it takes more than a week. As the result, the projects may not be able to complete by October 10.

Le Trung Hieu, deputy head of the Management Board of Hanoi Metro Rail System Projects, said Nhon-Hanoi Station Rail Route is an important project and the construction is allowed to continue during social distancing. However, in the first two weeks, they can hardly work because construction trucks from other provinces and cities couldn't enter the city.

According to Tuan, if construction trucks are allowed to enter the city then the road expansion project for Le Van Luong Tunnel will be completed at the end of August.

Hanoi People's Committee announced that construction trucks for key transport projects will be issued a travel code along with shuttle buses for workers and experts.

Duong Duc Tuan, vice chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, said that all construction sites must be blocked with fences and the construction workers must live at or near the construction sites and make no contact with other people during the social distancing period.

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