After a temporary suspension, the project to upgrade and renovate Provincial Road 830c (DT.830C) has been restarted. Recently, on March 25, 2025, the People's Committee of Long An province issued a decision to adjust the investment policy for the DT.830C upgrade and renovation project.
According to the new decision, the project implementation period is adjusted to the period of 2024-2027. Construction is expected to start in 2025. The total investment of the project was also adjusted to increase to VND 1,851 billion - nearly double the initial VND 971 billion. Of which, the cost of site clearance alone increased from 220 billion VND to about 1,100 billion VND.
According to the Long An Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board, the increase in total investment is to ensure budget balance, adjust roadmaps and capital allocation plans to effectively implement the project, avoiding outstanding debts.
According to Ben Luc district, upgrading and renovating DT.830C is very important in connecting traffic between provincial routes with National Highway 1, Ring Road 3, Ring Road 4 of Ho Chi Minh City, DT.830C, DT.830.
The implementation of the DT.830C upgrade and renovation project not only helps synchronize the transport infrastructure system but also increases the connection of the national transport system network with Ho Chi Minh City, creating an important driving force for the socio-economic development of Long An province in particular and the Mekong Delta region in general.
Previously, on July 13, 2022, the People's Council of Long An province issued Resolution No. 28/NQ-HDND on the investment policy for upgrading and renovating DT.830C. By December 7, 2022, the Provincial People's Committee had approved the project in Decision No. 11543/QD-UBND. The project has a total length of 9km passing through Tan Buu, Thanh Phu, My Yen communes and Ben Luc town. The starting point intersects with Nguyen Huu Tho Street, Ben Luc Town and the end point is the Long An - Ho Chi Minh City border.
However, due to many reasons such as people not agreeing with the compensation price list for site clearance; comparing compensation prices with some other neighboring projects, as well as difficulties in allocating capital, the DT.830C upgrade and renovation project has had to temporarily suspend implementation according to the set plan.
Regarding this project, in a recent meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, a representative of the People's Committee of Long An province informed about the importance of DT.830C route and the urgency of investment and upgrading to promote economic and social development, facilitate travel and transportation of goods. Thereby, the representative of Long An province also proposed that the Government support capital to implement the project.
Currently, the province is focusing resources on investing in the construction of regional connectivity projects connecting to Ho Chi Minh City such as Ring Road 3, DT.823D and regional connectivity with Tien Giang province such as Tan An City Ring Road. These projects have a spreading nature, creating a driving force to attract investment and contributing to the socio-economic development of the province. Therefore, in order to create conditions for the province to complete the transport infrastructure system in a synchronous direction, connecting the Mekong Delta with Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeast, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of the locality and the whole region, the Provincial People's Committee recommends that the Government support investment capital for the DT.830C project", emphasized the recommendation.
Route DT.830C through Ben Luc district currently has a total length of about 9km. However, the scale of the road's cross-section is not yet synchronous. Specifically, the section from Nguyen Huu Tho Street to Nguyen Van Tiep Street (0.7km) currently has a 12m wide asphalt concrete road surface, a 22m wide roadbed and has been fully invested in infrastructure. Meanwhile, the section from Nguyen Van Tien Street to the Ho Chi Minh City border (8.3km) has a 11m wide road surface, 0.5m on the sides, 12m wide roadbed, no synchronous drainage system, rainwater flowing naturally onto both sides of the road.
