Ho Chi Minh City will begin implementing Metro No. 2 line project extending from Suoi Tien in Thu Duc district to Tham Luong in District 2, following the recent handover of a land plot from the People’s Committee of Tan Binh District.
HCM City will kick off construction of the Metro No. 2 line soon. (Photo courtesy of tuoitre.com.vn)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will begin implementing MetroNo. 2 line project extending from Suoi Tien in Thu Duc district to Tham Luongin District 2, following the recent handover of a land plot from the People’sCommittee of Tan Binh District.
The People’s Committee of Tan Binh Districtlast week organised the handover event, according to Tuoi Tre (Youth)newspaper.
The Metro No.2 project will go through six districts, including 1, 3, 10, 12, TanBinh and Tan Phu. Tan Binh district alone has 314 households and 42organisations involved in land acquisition agreements.
Recently, Tan Binh district asked Wards 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 to speedup land clearance.
All households have been supportive of the project and 297 of them haveaccepted to receive compensation and relocate.
As of June 18, the management board in charge of project compensation hadprepared necessary documents to initially handle 145 cases, with totalcompensation amount of 900 billion VND.
According to a member of the HCM City Management Authority for Urban Railways,construction of Metro No. 2 will be carried out between 2021 and 2026.
At the end of 2026, Metro No. 2 is expected to welcome 140,000 passengers perday during the first phase and 400,000 passengers per day during the secondphase.
He added that Metro No. 2 would be connected with Metro No.1, which iscurrently under construction and expected to be open next year.
With the two metros, locals will be able to conveniently travel within the cityand from Suoi Tien in Thu Duc district to Tham Luong in District 2./.
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HCM City will kick off construction of the Metro No. 2 line soon. (Photo courtesy of tuoitre.com.vn) 
