An underground car park in Da Nang city’s Administrative Centre. The city plans to build a public underground car park in 2016-18. (Photo: Da Nang Portal)
Da Nang (VNA) - Downtown Da Nang will host the city’s first publicunderground car park in 2018.
Cityauthorities said the parking garage, a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) project tobe carried out over two years (2016-2018), will be built on a 4,000sq.m site ata cost of 195 billion VND (8.7 million USD).
Itwill have 309 parking spaces for cars and over 3,000 for motorbikes at thejunction of Ong Ich Khiem-Dong Da and Tran Cao Van streets.
Thecity will also upgrade these streets to facilitate day and night entry forcars.
Theproject, which includes three underground floors and a ground floor, will alsohave a green park, a rest area and several entertainment options forpedestrians.
In2015, the city opened its first underground car park at the AdministrativeCentre on Tran Phu street. The parking garage, which can accommodate 179 carsand 1,500 motorbikes, cost 150 billion VND (6.7 million USD) to build.
Almostall big hotels in the city have their own underground parking garages,according to the city’s Construction Department.
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DaNang is also piloting an odd and even day car parking plan on some streets inthe city to ease congestion. It also plans several underground projects in thecoming years, including two road tunnels at busy roundabouts, and a tunnelunder the Han River.
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An underground car park in Da Nang city’s Administrative Centre. The city plans to build a public underground car park in 2016-18. (Photo: Da Nang Portal) 
