On October 23, Transport Design Consulting Corporation - JSC (TEDI) reported on the route plan for the investment project to build a bridge to replace the Cat Lai ferry (Cat Lai bridge project) in Nhon Trach district (Dong Nai).
Due to some difficulties, the consulting unit proposed 3 adjustment options compared to the approved route plan according to the adjustment of the general planning of the new urban area of Nhon Trach (Dong Nai) to 2035 and vision to 2050 of the Prime Minister - for study including:
The adjusted route plan goes to the East of the planned route.
The adjusted route plan to the west of the planned route basically follows the direction of the planned route.
The route plan is adjusted to the west of the planned route according to the new route direction, basically avoiding the entire Giong San intersection area and neighboring religious works.
The consulting unit also proposed a phased investment plan, in which the scale of phase 1 will completely clear the land of 100m according to the plan and build 2 parallel roads on both sides first.
The Cat Lai bridge project has a total route length of more than 11.3 km, the starting point is on Nguyen Thi Dinh Street, about 400m from My Thuy intersection (Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City), the end point of the project will connect to Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway at about Km33+500.
Cat Lai Bridge project and the two-way road at both ends of the bridge with the scale of an urban main road, design speed of 80km/h, cross-sectional scale meeting current and future traffic needs, in accordance with approved planning, ensuring 6 motorized lanes and 2 rudimentary lanes.
Of which, Cat Lai bridge is more than 3km long, the main bridge is built according to the cable-stayed bridge structure...
In May 2017, the Prime Minister approved the addition of the Ho Chi Minh City Transport Development Plan to 2020 and vision after 2020 at the request of the Ministry of Transport. Agreeing to build a bridge to replace the Cat Lai ferry in Thu Duc City (Ho Chi Minh City) and Nhon Trach District (Dong Nai Province) across the Dong Nai River.
In August 2019, the Prime Minister issued a document agreeing to assign the People's Committee of Dong Nai province as the competent state agency to implement the Cat Lai ferry replacement bridge project under the form of public-private partnership (PPP) and build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract.
Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Transport to preside over and guide the Provincial Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board to organize the preparation of a pre-feasibility study report for the project.
