The Long An Department of Transport said that the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project through Long An is currently at the approved schedule, striving to basically complete the expressway section in October 2025 and the entire project in 2026 according to the Government's direction.
Director of Long An Department of Transport Dang Hoang Tuan informed that in order to ensure the project's progress, the Department of Transport and construction units have developed a plan and set specific completion milestones for each project item.
Accordingly, the expressway section will be completed by April 30, 2025; by August 31, 2025, the construction of the road surface gravel foundation will be completed; by October 31, 2025, the road surface will be paved with asphalt; by December 31, 2025, the completion and technical traffic will be completed.
For the river overpass and overpass on the expressway, by August 31, 2025, the work of installing girders and concrete on the bridge deck will be completed; by October 31, 2025, the asphalt paving of the bridge deck and railing system will be completed; by December 31, 2025, the completion and technical traffic opening will be completed.
By October 31, 2025, the entire final intersection connecting to the Ben Luc - Long Thanh project will be technically completed. The remaining branch connecting to the Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway (including the overpass across Ring Road 3) strives to complete the handover to the Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway project before April 30, 2025.
The remaining connecting items will be completed in 2026 to put the project into operation and operation in accordance with the direction of the Government.
The Director of the Long An Department of Transport said that the material situation for the project is currently basically met. However, crushed stone aggregate materials for road foundation have begun to be scarce because the expressway and Long Thanh airport projects are simultaneously entering the construction phase of the road to complete 3,000km of expressway in 2025 under the direction of the Prime Minister.
Currently, the demand for the project through Long An province needs nearly 162,000m3 of crushed stone, the construction units have only gathered more than 21,000m3. The Long An Department of Transport will monitor and urge contractors to focus on finding sources of supply to meet the material needs for the entire project.
Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 is a national key project, with a total length of more than 76km, passing through Ho Chi Minh City and 3 provinces: Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Long An, divided into 8 independent operation component projects. Long An province was assigned to be the investor of 2 component projects, including component project 7 for construction with a total investment of more than 3,000 billion VND and component project 8 for site clearance with a total capital of nearly 1,200 billion VND.
Of which, component project 7 is under construction with 3 main expressway packages with an output of 62%; 1 package arising to adjust the end of the route intersection and 1 package completing the connection (traffic safety, fence, lighting, ...) has completed the input procedures.
