Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just issued a decision on investment policy for the project of planting boundary markers for the protection corridor of rivers, streams, canals, ditches and public lakes in the city with a total investment of more than 141 billion VND from the budget.
According to the decision, the project will be implemented on 55 river, canal, and ditch routes with main waterway traffic functions. The total length of the routes is about 515 km.
The city plans to plant about 20,000 boundary markers along both banks to clearly define the scope of the protection corridor.
The project is implemented in the period 2026 - 2029. In which, 2026 focuses on completing investment preparation procedures, feasibility study reports, surveys and construction design.
The project is expected to start construction in 2027, complete construction and acceptance in 2028, before handing over to local management and project finalization in 2029.
The planting of markers in the protection corridor of rivers, canals, and ditches is expected to enhance the efficiency of state management of riverside land funds, and at the same time create a legal basis to control the situation of illegal construction, leveling, and encroachment on the protection corridor of inland waterways.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the project also contributes to proactively preventing landslides, protecting the safety of lives and property of people living along rivers, canals, and ditches; and ensuring order and safety of waterway traffic in the area.
Notably, clearly defining the protection corridor will help the city create a land fund to serve the development of technical infrastructure along rivers, canals, and ditches such as riverside traffic roads, water supply and drainage systems, wastewater treatment, landslide prevention works, irrigation, electricity, telecommunications and other public works.
In addition, this is also the basis for developing public spaces along the river such as parks, urban green spaces, contributing to improving the living environment and urban landscape.
The project also helps to publicize and transparentize planning information, support investors and people to accurately determine coordinates, elevation, and road boundaries when building works; thereby improving the efficiency of construction management and urban development.
Ho Chi Minh City expects that the completion of the system of boundary markers for river, canal, and ditch protection corridors will contribute to protecting the natural state of flows, increasing adaptability to climate change, and creating a foundation for sustainable urban development in the coming years.
