Dong Nai to build three routes connecting to Long Thanh International Airport
The southern province of Dong Nai has approved three routes worth about 19.6 trillion VND (858 million USD) linking localities with Long Thanh International Airport.
A rendering of the proposed Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai. (Photo: VNA)
DongNai (VNA) – The southern province of Dong Nai has approved three routesworth about 19.6 trillion VND (858 million USD) linking localities with LongThanh International Airport.
Thethree projects include a project to upgrade road DT 769 with a length of nearly31 kilometres and an estimated investment of 1.6 trillion VND. Road DT 773 will beextended by 51 kilometres. The total investment for the project is forecast at5.5 trillion VND.
Theroad 770B will str🃏etch over 53 kilometres. It requires an investment of 12.5trillion VND, including 7.5 trillion VN🐽D as compensation for the affectedhouseholds.
Nguyen Bon, deputy directorof Dong Nai province’s Department of Transport, said the three projects were among those that will be priorities for deployment in the next fiveyears.
Work toacquire lands, draw up feasibility reports and organise bids to choosecontractors is underway so that construction for the three projects couldbegin in early 2023, he said. Once completed, the routeswill connect Dinh Quan, Thong Nhat, Cam My districts and Long Khanh City withLong Thanh International Airport and ease pressure on National Highway 1A, Highway20, Highway 51, Belt Road 4, Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway.
According to Bon, the demandfor road connectivity in Dong Nai province is an urgent issue as it will be synchronisedwith the airport which is set to start operation in 2025.
Theairport is designed to have four runways, four passenger terminals, and otherauxiliary facilities to ensure a capacity of 100 million passengers and 5million tonnes of cargo a year by 2040. Covering a total area of more than 5,580ha, the airport will straddlesix communes in Lo⭕ng Thanh district. It is expected to cost 336.63 trillion VND(14.7 billion USD), with the first phase needing oꦑver 109 trillion VND.
Located 40km to the east of HCM City, Long Thanh airport isexpected to relieve overloading at Tan Son Nhat international airport in thesouthern metropolis, now the country’s largest airport./.
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A rendering of the proposed Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai. (Photo: VNA) 
