3-decade-old wall pulled down to clear way for road to Ho Chi Minh City airport
Sunday, January 21, 2024, 11:04 GMT+7
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have finished dismantling an over-400-meter-long wall which separated Tan Son Nhat International Airport from an adjacent residential area for three decades to make room for a road section near the airport.
The demolition was aimed at building and expanding a road connecting Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa Streets in Tan Binh District, removing the bottleneck facing the route to the airport.
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| The 400-meter concrete wall along congested Road C12 in Tan Binh District underwent dismantling for one week to alleviate traffic jams on the three-meter-wide road. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre |
The road is intended to connect to the upcoming T3 passenger terminal at the airport, designed with a capacity for 20 million passengers annually.
The terminal is scheduled to commence operations in the second quarter of 2025.
The aging concrete wall was totally torn down, according to a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters' observation on Saturday afternoon.
The concrete barrier was situated on Road C12, connecting Cong Hoa Street and Nguyen Duc Thuan Street.
After knocking down the wall, construction workers erected makeshift barriers around the piles of debris to ensure safety for commuters.
Meanwhile, over 20 workers and engineers inside the fence of iron sheets were busy speeding up the construction of the last section of the approach road.
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| A fence of iron sheets was erected after the wall had been demolished to ensure safety for commuters and facilitate works on the last section of the road connecting Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa Streets, leading to Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre |
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| Construction workers inside the iron fence are busy building a road aimed at easing traffic jams facing the Tan Son Nhat International Airport area. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre |
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| A vehicle sprays water at a construction site of a road near Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City to minimize dust. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre |
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| A representative of the road project’s investor said that a section of Cong Hoa Street is being expanded. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre |
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| The construction of a road connecting Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa Streets will cost over VND4.8 trillion (US$197.5 million) sourced from the city’s budget. Work on the road started in late 2022 and will be completed in 2024. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre |
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| The six-lane road will connect with the under-construction terminal T3 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre |
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| When opened to traffic, the road linking Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa Streets is expected to ease traffic jams in the area around Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre |
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