HCM City plans to begin construction of 48 new traffic projects and complete 19 congestion projects in the last six months of the year, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

A traffic jam on Truong Chinh Street, where construction on a tunnel under the An Suong intersection began in January. 

At the meeting on Thursday about traffic solutions, the department said key projects to control the traffic flow in the city’s northwestern gateway had kicked off.

Construction is expected to ease traffic around the airport. Flyovers at the Truong Son - Tan Son Nhat - Binh Loi - Outer Ring Road and the Nguyen Thai Son - Nguyen Kiem intersection will open next month.

Construction of a double tunnel under An Suong Intersection and a parallel road along Mai Chí Tho Street are ongoing and on schedule.

Bui Xuan Cuong, director of the department, said the city had previously speed up major traffic projects, including two ramps at Nguyen Van Cu Bridge and work at the My Thuy and An Suong intersection and at Nhi Thien Duong Bridge.

The two ramps at Nguyen Van Cu Bridge opened on June 29, five months ahead of schedule.

Tran Quang Lam, deputy director of the department, said the city would begin many projects in the last six months, including a parallel road along National No 1 Highway, Tan Kien Intersection, Bung Bridge, and the Nguyen Oanh - Pham Ngu Lao branch of a Y-shaped flyover at the Go Vap intersection.

The city will also upgrade and expand a 1.65km section of National No 50 and Phan VanTri Street, as well as repair of Le Duc Tho Street.

The department’s traffic inspection officials said they had handled more than 9,880 violations of traffic rules on roads and waterways, and had imposed administrative fines of nearly VNĐ28 billion (US$1.3 million) since the beginning of the year.

Of the figure, there were more than 1,770 violations in the trade and transport of goods with total fines of VNĐ17.7billion ($785,000).

They also identified illegal bus stops, particularly in areas surrounding the Western, Eastern and An Suong coach stations. 

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