Cat Lai Bridge construction investment project: Construction time 2026 - 2029
On December 9, the Provincial People's Council considered the draft Resolution on the investment policy for the Cat Lai Bridge Construction Investment Project, according to the public-private partnership.
The Cat Lai Bridge construction investment project has a total estimated investment of nearly VND18,300 billion. Of which, the cost of construction and equipment is about 11,538 billion VND; the cost of compensation and resettlement support is about 2,985 billion VND...
The name of the investor proposing the project is Construction Corporation No. 1 - JSC.
This is a group A project, a special-level project.
The Cat Lai Bridge construction investment project has a starting point in Cat Lai ward, Ho Chi Minh City and an end point at the intersection with the Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway.
In which, Cat Lai bridge and access road will be built with the scale of an urban main axis, designed speed of 80 km/h.
The total length of the project is more than 11.6 km.
The construction period is from 2026 to 2029.
The expected land use demand is about 120 hectares, of which Dong Nai province is about 115.8 hectares and Ho Chi Minh City is about 4.2 hectares.
The expected type of PPP project contract is a construction - transfer (BT) contract. Expected payment to investors from public land auction revenue or public investment capital.
Urgent project connecting Long Thanh airport and Ho Chi Minh City
According to the submission of the People's Committee of Dong Nai province, the form of investor selection is unified, applying the form of investor selection in special cases for the Cat Lai bridge project because these are urgent projects that need to be implemented to serve the exploitation of Long Thanh International Airport, connect Ho Chi Minh City and develop the socio-economy of Dong Nai province.
According to the submission of the People's Committee of Dong Nai province, Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai province are two localities located in the key economic development region of the South, with a particularly important position, being the driving force for socio-economic development of the whole country; therefore, it requires the inter-regional infrastructure system to develop to keep up with and meet the development speed of the region.
Currently, the connection between Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai province is still limited, with frequent overload and traffic jams, greatly affecting the socio-economic development of the region. Increasing investment in traffic routes connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai province will solve the problem of traffic congestion and overload on National Highway 1.
The investment in the construction of Cat Lai bridge will connect Cat Lai ward, Ho Chi Minh City and Dai Phuoc commune, Dong Nai province, reduce traffic pressure for Cat Lai ferry (often overloaded) and develop the economy of Dai Phuoc commune, Dong Nai province; at the same time, solve the need for traffic connection between Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (now Ho Chi Minh City).
