HCM City, Dong Nai seek urgent approval of Cat Lai bridge project
Officials of Ho Chi Minh City and southern Dong Nai province met last week to discuss details about the Cat Lai bridge project, which will connect district 2 in HCM City to Nhon Trach district in Dong Nai province.
The Cat Lai Bridge project will be supervised by HCM City and Dong Nai Province authorities. (Photo: vietnamnet.vn)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Officials of Ho Chi MinhCity and southern Dong Nai province met last week to discuss details aboutthe Cat Lai bridge project, which will connect district 2 in HCM Cityto Nhon Trach district in Dong Nai province.
The project will be submitted to the Prime Ministerfor approval soon.
Earlier this year, the Government chose Dong Nai asthe project leader. The province has proposed dividing the project into threesections.
The 4km long and 55m high Cat Lai Bridge will have sixlanes for motor vehicles and two mixed lanes. It is expected to ease crowdingon Cat Lai ferry and become a key link from HCM City to Dong Nai and Ba Ria-VungTau provinces.
In addition, when Long Thanh International Airport iscompleted, the bridge and the provincial highway No. 25C will connect HCM Cityand the new airport
The first section of the road, which is 623m long in district2, leads to the bridge. The province has asked the Government to choose HCMCity to be the leader of the work on the section.
The total investment of the first section is 755billion VND (32.6 million USD), including 215 billion VND (9.2 million USD) forconstruction costs and 540 billion VND (23.3 million USD) for site clearance.
The second section, which is 263m long in Nhon Trach district,leads to the bridge. The province will be in charge of this section.
The total investment of this section is 410 billionVND (17.7 million USD) including 134 billion VND (5.7 million USD) forconstruction costs and 276 billion VND (11.9 million USD) for site clearance.
The provincial People's Committee will also be incharge of construction of the bridge with total investment of 4.9 trillion VND(211.6 million USD) in the form of build-operate-transfer (BOT).
Tran Vinh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’sCommittee, said the city agreed with the proposed plan.
Tuyen said the city departments would study theinvestment form and closely monitor procedures and funding of the project.-VNS/VNA
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The Cat Lai Bridge project will be supervised by HCM City and Dong Nai Province authorities. (Photo: vietnamnet.vn) 
