On December 3, Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut, Deputy Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Vo Tan Duc, Vice Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Ha and leaders of relevant departments, branches and localities surveyed the work of ensuring traffic safety, maintaining and repairing, and organizing traffic on National Highway 51 at intersections connecting on the route such as: Vung Tau Intersection, Gate 11 roundabout, Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway, Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway, the road connecting Long Thanh Airport...
According to the Department of Construction, National Highway 51 passing through the province is 37.4 km long, starting at Vung Tau intersection and ending at Phuoc Thai commune ( bordering Ho Chi Minh City).
The route will be managed by the Department of Construction from Road Management Area IV - Vietnam Road Administration from July 1, 2025.
At the time of handover, the current status of the route had high traffic density, a large number of heavy-duty vehicles circulating; degradation, damage to the roadbed and road surface on the entire route.
Since receiving the route management and maintenance; the Department of Construction has urgently reviewed, developed a maintenance plan, and submitted it to the Provincial People's Committee for approval. At the same time, the Department directs maintenance units to regularly maintain; patch and repair damaged roadbeds and surfaces; paint additional paint, clean road surfaces...
However, maintenance costs are often limited; traffic is high, the weather in the rainy season in 2025 is complicated due to the impact of storms; the above work is only carried out at a maintenance level to basically ensure the route is exploited while waiting for the repair projects to start.
To ensure traffic safety on the route, the Department of Construction will continue to maintain and repair it in 2025 and 2026.
In 2025, priority will be given to repairing severely damaged sections of routes about 17.4 km (Km0-Km9+200; Km10+200-Km12+00; Km14+00+Km16+00 and the section Km20+00 - Km24+400). Up to now, the Department of Construction has completed the project documents, is organizing bidding and is expected to start construction in December 2025; Basically complete to ensure exploitation before the Lunar New Year 2026.
In 2026, continue to repair the remaining damaged sections of the route of about 20km. Up to now, the Department of Construction is completing investment preparation procedures, expected to start construction around the first quarter of 2026 (before the rainy season) and complete in the second quarter of 2026.
