At Cau Cat bridge (Photo: VNA) Previously, the Dong Nai Provincial People’s Committee proposed to invest inthe Cat Lai Bridge project before 2025 with a scale of eight lanes to replacethe Cat Lai Ferry, which is often overloaded during the holidays.
However, according to the municipal Department of Transport, the Ministry ofTransport is currently investing in building Nhon Trach Bridge connecting NhonTrach district in Dong Nai with a scale of four lanes and is expected to investin adding four lanes to serve the traffic connection needs for rudimentaryvehicles. The completion time of Nhon Trach Bridge in early 2026 has basicallysolved a part of the traffic connection demand between Nhon Trach and the City.
In addition, the route of Nguyen Thi Dinh in and out of Cat Lai Port on theCity side is overloaded, with frequent traffic jams. Currently, HCM City isstudying the investment to build the Cat Lai – Phu Huu inter-port road,connecting from Nguyen Thi Dinh Street to the intersection of Ring Road 3 ofthe City, which is expected to be completed and put into use in 2026 – 2030.
Therefore, the City's Department of Transport thinks that the proposed time toinvest in the construction of a bridge to replace the Cat Lai Ferry, which isexpected to be in the 2026-2030 period, is appropriate, after completing CatLai – Phu Huu – Ring Road 3.
The Cat Lai Bridge project will connect District 2 in HCM City to Nhon Trach districtin Dong Nai province.
According to the city Department of Transport, the bridge will be 4.5km longand have eight lanes.
Once completed, it will facilitate transport from HCM City not only to NhonTrach District but also to the rest of Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau province.
In the near future, when Long Thanh International Airport becomes operational(in Dong Nai province), Cat Lai Bridge will connect HCM City with the airport,helping ease congestion on the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway.
The first section of the road, which is 623m long in District 2, leads to thebridge. The province has asked the Government to choose HCM City to be theleader of the work on the section.
The total investment of the first section is 755 billion VND (32.6 millionUSD), including 215 billion VND (9.2 million USD) for construction costs and 540billion VND (23.3 million USD) for site clearance.
The second section, which is 263m long in Nhon Trach district, leads to thebridge. The province will be in charge of this section.
The total investment of this section is 410 billion VND (17.7 million USD)including 134 billion VND (5.7 million USD) for construction costs and 276billion VND (11.9 million USD) for site clearance.
The provincial People's Committee will also be in charge of construction of thebridge with total investment of 4.9 trillion VND (211.6 million USD) in theform of a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model.
In addition to Cat Lai Bridge, the City People's Committee is discussing withthe People's Committee of Dong Nai province the traffic connection plan for PhuMy II and Dong Nai II bridges./.
VNA
