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The Deputy Director of the Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Projects Management Unit provides on project implementation progress. (Photo: Quoc Hung) |
The information was released by Nguyen Hoang Anh, Deputy Director of the Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Projects Management Unit (the main investor of the project) on October 24 morning.
According to him, the Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Projects Management Unit had signed an advance cost contract and handed over the project boundary for the two districts of Go Vap and Binh Thanh to perform surveys and prepare for the compensation plan for affected households.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has assigned Go Vap District and Binh Thanh District to calculate the compensation plan and issue the unit price.
The project of dredging, environmental clearance, infrastructure construction and land exploitation along Xuyen Tam canal was approved by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council following the investment policy approval in Resolution No.64 of the city People's Council in December 2022.
The project has a total investment of VND9,664 billion (US$392 million) from the city budget, including VND6,372 billion (US$259 million) dedicated to site clearance, VND2,710 billion (US$110 million) for construction works and the rest for other costs.
It is expected that the project will start work in Go Vap District in August 2024 and in Binh Thanh District in April 2025. It is scheduled to complete in April 2028.
The Xuyen Tam Canal has a total length of 8,865 meters with its main route stretching from Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal to Vam Thuan River having a total length of 6,628 meters and three branches with a total length of 2,237 meters, comprising Cau Son Canal, Binh Loi, Binh Trieu.
The canal through Go Vap and Binh Thanh has a total area of land revocation of 158,800 square meters with 1,880 affected cases.
Some photos feature the severely-polluted Xuyen Tam Canal:
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