Metro construction barriers to be cleared from Ho Chi Minh City’s downtown street section
Saturday, April 16, 2022, 09:35 GMT+7
Workers and engineers at the building site of Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line are exerting their best efforts to finish their tasks so that construction barriers can be removed from a downtown street section by the end of the month.
Construction barriers are expected to be cleared from a section of Le Loi Street lying between Pasteur and Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Streets in District 1 prior to April 30.
The barriers have been erected on Le Loi Street since June 2016 for the construction of underground stations and tracks of metro line No.1.
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| Residents travel on the sidewalk of Le Loi Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, April 14, 2022. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
In late April 2021, barriers on a road section between Pasteur and Nguyen Hue Streets were removed.
Those on the remaining two sections of Le Loi Streets will be cleared before July 10 and September 2, respectively.
Local residents and businesses have been longing for the removal of the barriers as it will help alleviate traffic congestion in the area.
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| Construction workers perform their tasks on Le Loi Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, April 14, 2022. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
Metro line No. 1, which runs from Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Suoi Tien Theme Park in Thu Duc City, is 19.7km long, including 2.6km of underground railways and 17.1km of elevated railways.
The project includes three underground stations and 11 above-ground stations.
Initiated in August 2012, the metro line project was estimated to cost over VND43.7 trillion (US$1.9 billion).
About 89.5 percent of the work has been complete so far.
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| Construction workers perform their tasks on Le Loi Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, April 14, 2022. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| Construction workers perform their tasks on Le Loi Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, April 14, 2022. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| Construction workers perform their tasks on Le Loi Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, April 14, 2022. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| A bird’s-eye view of Le Loi Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, April 14, 2022. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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