My Phuoc - Tan Van traffic project is being constructed "in a sprint" regarding the section through DT741 intersection at Tan Dinh ward in Ben Cat town to prepare for route flowing through. The completion of this intersection by the locality has demonstrated the determination of Ben Cat town leaders as well as received the consent of most of the people with the expectation that the highway will soon be opened to traffic and promote socio-economic development of the province.
Contractor is gathering human resources and materials to fulfill the constructions timely for the route opening of My Phuoc – Tan Van Highway
To accelerate the progress
In these days, we are present at the intersection of My Phuoc - Tan Van Highway and DT741 to see the urgent pace of the team of engineers and construction workers of Becamex IDC Corporation to quickly complete the construction items. It is expected that after the route is cleared, the economic efficiency of this route is great to contribute to the promotion of trade and goods circulation from Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City to My Phuoc Industrial Park in Bau Bang.
According to experts, the My Phuoc - Tan Van Highway, after opening for the second phase connecting with the first phase, will save time and cost at about 30% for businesses wishing to transport goods as compared to the route of National Highway 13. While National Highway 13 is being considered to be upgraded, expanded and built along with a number of intersections and overpasses to avoid congestion, the completion of the entire route of My Phuoc - Tan Van Highway is expected by businesses and transport units. My Phuoc - Tan Van Highway since its official use in the first phase as brought positive effects to the lives of the people as well as the socio-economic situation of Binh Duong. The route rarely passes through densely populated areas, so it is one of the favorable conditions to limit congestion and ensure the speed of traffic.
Tran Tu Le (70 years old) from Quarter 1 of Tan Dinh ward in Ben Cat town, said that his family had about 1,000 square meters of cleared land at the intersection of My Phuoc - Tan Van Highway and DT741. When he was called to hand over the premises, his family agreed. "We hope that the route will be opened soon and will become a beautiful and modern street, contributing to the changes of the appearance and promotion of the development of life for people in areas where the route passes," said Le.
Suitability of modern traffic development planning
Nguyen Trong An, Chairman of Ben Cat town People's Committee, said that it is expected that in April 2021, the My Phuoc - Tan Van route going through the area will be held for traffic, this is an event where the people of Ben Cat town is looking forward to. The locality has high expectation that the traffic will create momentum for urban development in the localities where the route goes, especially to facilitate production, business and export activities of local enterprises.
“Over the past time, the locality has also actively mobilized and propagated to households in the clearance area to hand over the site to the construction unit. Most households see the importance of the project that contributes to change the urban appearance and create a driving force for the local socio-economic development. Through many forms of advocacy and propaganda, most of the people agreed with the compensation and clearance policies and received a very high consensus. There are 2 households in Quarter 7B of Chanh Phu Hoa ward, due to on-progress building houses, committed to relocate and hand over the site to the construction unit by the end of this March,” said Nguyen Trong An.
My Phuoc - Tan Van Highway is a project invested with socialized capital by Becamex IDC Corporation. During the operation period, all expenses for the maintenance of roadbeds, road surfaces, trees, sidewalks, drainage and lighting systems are entirely covered by Becamex IDC Corporation without using the provincial budget.
In order to improve traffic capacity for the roads, Binh Duong provincial People's Council has just approved the project of creating landscape and solving traffic congestion on the roads of My Phuoc - Tan Van, DT746, DT747B, DT743 (O&M project). The project invested by Becamex IDC Corporation has accounted for total estimated investment of VND 9,623 billion. In which, the expected cost of construction of toll station is VND 48 billion, road surface repair VND 613 billion, ground clearance VND 1,238 billion. The project is evaluated in accordance with the regional transport development planning for the key economic zone of the South to 2020, with orientation to 2030 and master plan of transport to 2020 with orientation to 2030 of Binh Duong provincial People's Committee. The scale and preliminary design plan of the project has been agreed by Department of Transport. The items in the project do not coincide with the items of the project of "Improvement of public transport infrastructure in Binh Duong". The project is suitable for smart city planning as well as modern urban transport planning.
It can be said that the investment into this route from socialized capital has been an active and creative way of Binh Duong. The route has made a significant contribution to reduction of traffic congestion. However, according to experts, in order to avoid overloaded roads at peak hours, it is necessary to quickly invest into expanding and building intersections of different levels such as flyovers and tunnels. The implementation of the above O&M projects proves that Binh Duong continues to implement the policy of "socialization" in mobilizing and attracting social resources for investment into transport infrastructure development to serve socio-economic development and people's life in the area.
Reported by Minh Duy – Translate by Vi Bao
