On March 9, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport said that since December 2023, the project's pre-feasibility study report has been submitted to the City Appraisal Council.
However, because the general planning of Ho Chi Minh City until 2040, with a vision to 2040, has not been approved, the Can Gio bridge project does not have enough basis to submit to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council for consideration of investment policy.
After the city's master plan was approved, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport said it would complete the dossier and submit to the competent authority for approval of the project's pre-feasibility study report in 2025.
Ho Chi Minh City aims to start construction of Can Gio Bridge in 2025 and complete it in 2028.
Can Gio Bridge has a total length of 7.3km, of which the main bridge is nearly 3km long, the approach road is more than 4.3km long. The project has a scale of 6 lanes (including 4 lanes for motor vehicles, 2 lanes for non-motor vehicles) with a design speed of 60km/h.
The bridge is built in the form of a cable-stayed bridge, with a 55 m clearance (equivalent to Binh Khanh bridge of the Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway project) - the highest in Vietnam at the present time. Can Gio Bridge will also be the largest cable-stayed bridge in Ho Chi Minh City.
In addition to the main bridge, the project also builds three more bridges on the route: Song Cha Bridge (about 640.5m long, 29.5m wide); Tac Song Cha Bridge (about 64.2m long, 40m wide); Rach Muong Ngang Bridge (on the parallel road on the Nha Be side) is 64.2m long, 7.75m wide.
Regarding the route, the starting point of the bridge is on Road 15B (Nha Be District), about 500m north of Muong Ngang Canal, then cut through Nguyen Binh Street and cross the Soai Rap River. When entering Can Gio district, the bridge will connect with Rung Sac road at a location about 2.1km south of Binh Khanh ferry.
The project will carry out site clearance along the entire route of 40 m, with a total land area of about 35.93 hectares (Nha Be district 7.35 hectares, Can Gio district 28.58 hectares).
Ho Chi Minh City plans to invest in Can Gio Bridge under the form of public-private partnership (PPP), BOT (build - operate - transfer) contract with a total capital of more than VND 11,000 billion.
Of which, the state budget capital is about VND 3,018 billion (equivalent to 36.18%), the remaining VND 5,323 billion (63.82%) is mobilized by investors.
The Can Gio Bridge project is attracting the attention of many large investors. Recently, Trung Nam Group has proposed investing in the Can Gio bridge project under the form of a BT (build - transfer) contract instead of a BOT.
This enterprise believes that the BT model will help Ho Chi Minh City effectively mobilize private resources to develop key transport infrastructure, while reducing pressure on the city budget when it does not have to contribute capital.
In addition, Vingroup also proposed that the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee allow the study of an investment plan for an urban railway line from the city center to Can Gio using self-made capital.
The research is based on the investment in the construction of Can Gio bridge to ensure connectivity, synchronization of technical infrastructure and saving investment costs.
Vingroup proposed to coordinate with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport and the consulting unit implementing the Can Gio bridge project to find a suitable technical solution, ensuring investment efficiency when combining urban railway items with Can Gio bridge.
