Tran Xuan Soan Street is about 3.3km long, stretching from Huynh Tan Phat Street to Rach Ong Bridge. This is a vital traffic route connecting District 7, District 8 and District 4, so it has a high traffic density.
It is known that for many years, the road has been heavily affected by high tides, especially in the last months of the year. Due to flooding, the road surface has been damaged, patched, and the embankment has collapsed.
Therefore, the relevant agency proposed to upgrade and renovate the road as well as rebuild the embankment for Tran Xuan Soan Street and the HCMC People's Council has just approved the policy.
Living on this road for more than 60 years, Mr. Nguyen Huu Duc (63 years old) said that from the 15th day of the 8th lunar month onwards, the tide rises again, and people here have to wade through water every morning and afternoon.
"Flooding during rush hour causes long traffic jams, many vehicles stall and have to wade through flooded sections, extremely miserable" - Mr. Duc said.
There are sections where the water is knee-deep and stays submerged for a long time, sometimes taking 4-5 hours to recede. Over the years, Mr. Duc has gotten used to using temporary glass panels on the walkway, placing items on the table to avoid flooding, and turning off electronic devices to ensure safety.
Mrs. Le Thi Phuong's grocery store on Tran Xuan Soan Street is also often flooded during high tides and heavy rains.
"I raised the house twice, a total of 1.2 meters. One year, the flood was so deep that I had to build a wall to prevent water from entering the house and damaging the furniture," said the shop owner.
Hearing that the city is about to implement a project to raise roads and build embankments to prevent flooding, Ms. Phuong said she was very excited and supported the city's policy.
“After the road is raised, the road surface may be higher than the house foundation, I will also find a way to fix it,” Ms. Phuong said and hopes the project will be completed soon so that travel will be more convenient and the lives of people living along the road will also change.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the project to renovate and upgrade Tran Xuan Soan Street has an investment capital of VND245 billion, including items (raising the road to the planned elevation of 2.1m with a length of about 3.3km); and the project to build an embankment about 700m long, with an investment capital of VND130 billion.
These two projects will be implemented in the period of 2024 - 2025, with the District 7 Construction Investment Project Management Board as the investor.
The above two projects, together with the Tan Thuan tidal sluice gate of the 10,000 billion VND tidal prevention project, are expected to bring a new look to the road along the Te Canal, avoiding flooding caused by rain and high tides.
