The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just assigned the Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board to prepare a pre-feasibility study report to adjust the project to upgrade and expand Truong Chinh Street (from Cong Hoa Street to Au Co Street) and Tan Ky Tan Quy Street (from Binh Long - Le Trong Tan Street to Cong Hoa Street).
Truong Chinh Street is a vital axis connecting the center of Ho Chi Minh City with the previous Northwestern districts such as Tan Binh, Tan Phu, 12 and Hoc Mon.
Although the Truong Chinh section from An Suong intersection to Cong Hoa has been expanded to 10 lanes, the next section from Cong Hoa to Au Co still has 4 lanes, creating a "bottleneck" that causes frequent traffic congestion, especially during rush hour.
Similarly, Tan Ky Tan Quy road from Le Trong Tan to Cong Hoa is only 8 m wide, making traffic jams a nightmare for people every morning and afternoon when passing through the Truong Chinh - Tan Ky Tan Quy intersection.
The two projects to expand the above routes were established by Urban Traffic Management Area No. 1 (now the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Project Management Board) in 2005, with an estimated cost of only 500 - 600 billion VND. However, due to lack of capital, the project has been continuously stalled.
By 2010, the total investment capital was adjusted to VND 1,500 billion, then continued to increase to more than VND 2,600 billion in 2017, of which the cost of compensation and site clearance alone accounted for more than VND 2,232 billion. The densely populated area has caused compensation and relocation to be prolonged and cannot be implemented.
In 2024, the Department of Transport (now the Department of Construction of Ho Chi Minh City) proposed to include the two projects in the priority investment list for the period up to 2030, in order to gradually solve the congestion at the Northwest gateway.
According to the proposal, Truong Chinh Street (from Cong Hoa Street to Au Co Street, 765 m long) will be expanded from the current 10 - 12 m to 60 m, with a total investment of about 4,500 billion VND, of which the cost of site clearance is about 1,750 billion VND. Expected to be implemented from 2025 - 2028.
Tan Ky Tan Quy Street (from Cong Hoa Street to Le Trong Tan, 636 m long) will be expanded from 8 m to 30 m with 6 lanes, with a total investment of 1,600 billion VND, expected to be implemented in 2025 - 2027.
