Traffic

HCMC entrance gateways have been overloaded and traffic jam has regularly occurred partly because infrastructure has failed to catch up with population increase and fast urbanization speed. Many buildings have been built in Nguyen Huu Tho street, Nha Be district, HCMC (Photo: SGGP)Hanoi Highway is the important entrance gateway in the east of the city. After many times of upgrading and expansion, the road now has 16 lanes but traffic jam has still occurred there during peak hours every day.Also locating in the eastern gateway, Saigon Tunnel has been congested so traffic police has been forced to permit automobiles to travel into auto lanes to ease the issue sometimes.Three kilometer long Nguyen Huu Canh street in Binh Thanh district, linking up Saigon Bridge to Ton Duc Thang street, has become a “hot spot” of traffic jam. The street is home to large building projects together with many schools, hospitals and crowded residential areas.In the southern entrance gateway, … [Read more...] about HCM City entrance gateways overloaded, traffic jam regularly occurs

  HÀ NỘI — Lai Xá Village in Hà Nội’s suburban area has urbanised rapidly over the last few decades, creating a boom in people, building and vehicles. The village, now known as Lai Xá Commune, is often overcrowded as the main road to the village crosses National Highway 32. Two schools are also on the road. The village gate has become a bottleneck of traffic, especially during rush hours. However, for the last 15 years, villagers have become familiar with the image of an old man, Phạm Đình Chính, now 83, helping vehicles pass through the village gate. They call him a traffic policeman despite the fact that he is a volunteer. Chính looks younger than his age, is very active and sociable, Nhân dân (People) newspaper reported. On a cold and wet day, Chính concentrates on the traffic flow, continuously blowing a horn and waving a police baton. Chính said that as his house was near the village … [Read more...] about Retired photographer now curbs traffic

Gridlock conditions began to form along Phu My Bridge, which crosses the Saigon River and connects District 2 and District 7, by around 9:00 am on Monday and persisted until 11:00 pm that night.According to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters' observations, hundreds of trucks and cars were bumper to bumper and moving at a very slow pace.Lines of vehicles formed at the foot of the bridge and snaked all the way back to the My Thuy roundabout near the entrance to the Cat Lai ferry wharf in District 2.Many drivers, exhausted and frustrated by the hours-long congestion, sat on the median strip or on the roofs of their vehicles.“We arrived at Phu My Bridge at 1:00 pm. It took us five hours to reach the tollgate on the other side,” said Huynh Van Nghia, a truck driver heading to the south-central province of Binh Thuan to receive goods.Meanwhile, Khue, a seasoned driver, was unsurprised, explaining that the route is notorious for traffic jams.“Some days I won’t make … [Read more...] about Daylong traffic jam frustrates drivers on Ho Chi Minh City bridge

HÀ NỘI — Work on the 5.3km-long Mai Dịch-Thăng Long Bridge Flyover has started and is expected to be finished by 2020, according to the Thăng Long Project Management Board under the Ministry of Construction. The flyover will have four lanes and total investment of more than VNĐ5.3 trillion (US$232.8 million). It will be built with official development assistance (ODA) from the Japanese Government and funds from the Vietnamese Government. It will enable vehicles to move at a maximum of 100kph. The management board said when the flyover was completed, it would play an important role in reducing traffic jams, completing the capital city’s traffic system for the present. The section from Mai Dịch to Cổ Nhuế will be built by Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co Ltd, while the section from Cổ Nhuế to Nam Thăng Long will be built by the Tokyu Construction Co Ltd under the Taisei Corporation. In October 2016, the … [Read more...] about Flyover bridge to reduce traffic jams