PM Approves New Ring Road Plan for Hanoi
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified a detailed plan for the construction of the ring road No. 4 of the capital city of Hanoi.
With the total length of 98 km and investment of VND 66.5 trillion (US$3.2 billion), the new ring road will run through 14 districts, starting from Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway in Hanoi and finishing at the Noi Bai-Ha Long Highway in Bac Ninh province.
The ring road will specifically cover 1,230 hectares, including 740 hectares in Hanoi, 230 hectares in Hung Yen province and 260 hectares in Bac Ninh province, linking the city center with satellite urban areas and suburban industrial zones.
Under the planning, 12 transport hubs, overpasses, and six-lane highways will be built.
The construction is funded by the state budget and official development assistance and built under the form of Build-Transfers (BT), BOT (Build-Operate-Transfers).
The portions connecting National Highway 1B with Hanoi- Hai Phong Highway via Me So Bridge will be completed before 2017.
The three other lines will be finalized before 2018, including National Highway 32 to National Highway 6; the National Highway 6 to the National Highway 1B, the Ha Noi-Lao Cai Highway to the National Highway 32.
The Ha Noi-Hai Phong Highway to the National Highway 1A will be open to traffic before 2020.
The new ring road No. 4 will function as a highway in order to ease traffic flow from national highways 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 32 and the Thang Long Boulevard.
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