Over 430 billion VND to renovate sidewalks on many inner-city streets
At the 10th session, the 16th Hai Phong City People's Council issued Resolution No. 03/NQ-HDND deciding on the investment policy for the summer renovation project, Nguyen Binh Khiem and Le Loi streets and some inner-city roads in the city.
The project's goal is to widen the road surface, renovate sidewalks, and combine the renovation of some roads to improve exploitation capabilities, quality of use, and ensure social security, especially contributing to changing the appearance and urban beautification of the city. Thereby, promoting socio-economic development and tourism, contributing to completing the infrastructure in accordance with the city's general development plan.
The scale of investment and project to renovate and expand Nguyen Binh Khiem Street (from Van Cao Street to Kieu Son Pumping Station, about 0.83 km long). In particular, expand Nguyen Binh Khiem Street on the right side of the route, ensuring the roadway on one side of the road is 27m/54m according to the plan, with a sidewalk width of 6m. Along with that, renovating the surface drainage and wastewater drainage system on the route, moving and replacing trees...
The renovation and expansion of Le Loi Street (the starting point intersects with Cau Dat Street, the end point is at May To intersection, about 1.36 km long), the city has renovated and expanded the road surface to each side by an average of 2m to ensure a minimum road width of 12m, the minimum width of the sidewalk on each side is 3m. Particularly for the sections from Doi Can alley to Pham Minh Duc intersection (about 174 m) and from alley 182 to alley 212 (about 124 m), the average road surface on the left side is 5m, on the right side is 2m... The project also renovated 16 inner-city roads of the city with a total length of 11.18 km. The total investment of the project is 434,008 million VND, from the city budget, implemented in 2023 - 2026.
Committed to completing before 2026
Through inspection, on November 12, the renovation and expansion of Le Loi Street is being carried out to expand the roadbed and surface from May To intersection to Le Quang Dao Street; move trees on both sides of the road; renovate sidewalks, lower underground low-voltage power cables, lighting, installing electrical cabinet foundations, and transformer station foundations for the entire route. The investor, the Hai Phong Traffic and Agricultural Construction Investment Project Management Board, committed to completing the construction before December 31.
Meanwhile, the progress of summer renovation and Nguyen Binh Khiem Street is slow due to land clearance problems, and households are encroaching and illegally constructing.
After checking the project progress, Secretary of the City Party Committee Le Tien Chau requested relevant sectors and local authorities to proactively coordinate with the Hai Phong Traffic and Agricultural Construction Investment Project Management Board to speed up the construction progress, completing the Le Loi sidewalk renovation project in December 2025. The construction must ensure quality, synchronization, and strictly prohibit road and sidewalk cuts after completion.
For Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, Gia Vien Ward People's Committee urgently collects statistics, reviews the origin and land use process of households and individuals to develop a propaganda and mobilization plan to hand over the site according to legal regulations, striving to complete the project in the third quarter of 2026.
As a resident living and doing business on Le Loi Street, Ms. Pham Thanh Tu (Gia Vien Ward) said: "Previously, digging sidewalks at the end of the year was a nightmare for people, especially business households on the road like us. After the city's direction, we really hope the construction process will be accelerated so that the project can be completed soon, and the sidewalks are clean and beautiful for people to celebrate Tet".
