Second elevated ring road opens to traffic
VGP - The elevated section of Ring Road No. 2 from the Nga Tu So intersection to the Vinh Tuy bridge was open to traffic on November 9, serving to reduce traffic congestion on roads downtown.
The elevated section of Ring Road No. 2 from the NgaTu So intersection to the Vinh Tuy bridge |
The road was built by Viet Nam's largest private conglomerate Vingroup under a Build-Transfer (BT) format, i.e. infrastructure in exchange for land.
The whole stretch is 5.1km long and 19m wide. Of the total, site clearance cost over VND4.19 trillion (US$180.3 million)./.
By Kim Anh