On May 13, the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board said that the unit is carrying out procedures to invest in the project to upgrade and expand DT 742 road.
The invested project will contribute to completing the transportation system according to the plan, creating conditions for the development of the regional road network. Thereby, meeting the increasing demand for freight and passenger transport; promoting socio-economic development between the Central Highlands provinces and the Southeast region provinces.
The project to upgrade and expand DT 742 road is being implemented in Binh Duong ward, Vinh Tan ward and Binh Co ward.
This project is about 14.5 km long. The project has a cross-section width of 42 m; the road is built with 4 car lanes, 2 mixed lanes, sidewalks 5 m on each side; project implementation time from 2026 - 2031.
The total investment of the project is 7,767 billion VND from the city budget and other legal sources.
The project is divided into 2 component projects, of which component project 1 is site clearance for DT742 road with a total investment of 6,281 billion VND and component project 2 is upgrading and expanding DT 742 road with a total investment of 1,486 billion VND.
Narrow DT 742 road poses risk of accidents
According to records, DT 742 road in the North of Ho Chi Minh City is about 25 km long. This road is both inter-provincial traffic and connects industrial parks and many residential areas. Therefore, currently, the density of vehicles passing through here is increasing day by day.
Currently, a section nearly 10.5 km long has been invested in expanding to 4 lanes. More than 14.5 km remaining have only 2 lanes. Both sides have no drainage culverts, sidewalks, and green trees. Because the road has been built for a long time, many points are degraded, when cars and container trucks carrying goods circulate, they often push motorbikes and rudimentary vehicles close to the roadside, creating extremely dangerous traffic situations, posing a risk of accidents.
