HCM City speeds up construction of metro line No. 1
Two underground packages CP1a and CP1b of the metro line No. 1 project between Ben Thanh Market and Suoi Tien Tourist Park in Ho Chi Minh was connected with each other on February 17.
HCM City (VNA) – Two underground packages CP1a andCP1b of the metro line No. 1 project between Ben Thanh Market and Suoi TienTourist Park in Ho Chi Minh City was connected with each other on February 17.
According to Huynh Hong Thanh, deputy head of the municipalManagement Authority for Urban Railways, 71 percent of the workload has beencompleted, with the elevated section put into place in June 2018.
Comprising HCM City Opera House and Ba Son stations, the CP1bpackage, whose construction began in August 2014, has 80 percent of the workfulfilled. Meanwhile, 65 percent of the CP1a package that started in November2016 and runs through Ben Thanh station has been done.
The Management Authority forUrban Railways is working hard to speed up the construction, ensuring that 85percent of the four-package project will be completed this year.
Funded in part through an official developmentassistance loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the projectwill run nearly 20 kilometres through districts 1, 2, 9, Binh Thanh, and ThuDuc and the neighbouring Binh Duong province.
Since construction began in 2012, it has faceda multitude of problems like slow disbursement and personnel-related issues./.
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a strategic solution that could help Ho Chi Minh City address its current challenges and develop a sustainable transport network, which would help create a smart and liveable city, said the director of the municipal Department of Transport, Tran Quang Lam.
HCM City authorities have pledged to help contractors speed up work on the first metro line between Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in District 9 so that it can be completed by the end of next year.
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A section of metro line No. 1 (Photo: VNA) 
