On May 25, the Tay Ninh Provincial Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board said that the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4 project section passing through the province has a very large demand for construction materials, especially leveling sand for construction.
According to the investor, the Ring Road 4 of Ho Chi Minh City through Tay Ninh is about 74.3 km long, of which about 3.8 km passes through Ho Chi Minh City. The project is divided into 3 component projects with a total material demand including sand, soil and rock up to more than 22 million m3.
Specifically, the component project of compensation, support, resettlement and construction of service roads and side roads needs about 99,000 m3 of gravel, 296,000 m3 of construction stone, 170,000 m3 of construction sand, more than 4 million m3 of filling sand and 1.84 million m3 of filling soil.
For the component project to build the expressway from Thay Cai canal to Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong expressway, the material demand includes about 1.62 million m3 of crushed stone, 870,000 m3 of construction stone, 770,000 m3 of construction sand, nearly 9.94 million m3 of filling sand and 730,000 m3 of filling soil.
Meanwhile, the expressway section from Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong expressway to Hiep Phuoc Port needs about 1.68 million m3 of gravel, 997,000 m3 of construction stone, 627,000 m3 of construction sand, nearly 3.79 million m3 of filling sand and 664,000 m3 of filling soil.
The total material demand of the project is currently facing supply difficulties, of which filling sand alone needs more than 11.7 million m3.
To be proactive in material sources, Tay Ninh province has worked with Vinh Long province to request support for filling sand for the project. However, Vinh Long Provincial People's Committee said that the locality is focusing on supplying about 18.27 million m3 of sand to serve key traffic projects in the Southern region, including the Ring Road 3 HCMC project.
According to Vinh Long, sand mines that are being extended for exploitation are currently not qualified to transfer material sources. For mines licensed under a special mechanism, the transfer is only considered if they are extended for exploitation and have surplus reserves after serving the Ring Road 3 HCMC project.
Vinh Long also proposed that Tay Ninh study sand sources from commercial mines in the area or work with Can Tho City to consider the possibility of using sea sand if it meets technical requirements according to regulations.
Currently, Tay Ninh continues to work with localities to find material sources, and at the same time propose supporting procedures to increase capacity and extend the exploitation of operating mines to ensure supply for the project, limiting the risk of affecting construction progress.
