Ho Chi Minh City plans to build a route linking the Cat Lai – Phu Huu inter-port road to the Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway and the city’s Ring Road No.3 to facilitate cargo transportation activities.

The municipal People’s Committee has assigned the city’s Department of Transport to make a feasibility study for the project.

The 6-km road will start from Nguyen Thi Dinh Street and end at the Ring Road No.3. It will have 12 lanes with a roadbed width of 60m.

Total investment capital is estimated at more than VND8.71 trillion ($387 million).

Traffic congestion often happens along roads to Cat Lai and Phu Huu ports, hindering transport activities.  Cat Lai is one of key ports in the southern region, accounting for 85% of total container cargo throughput of ports in the region and 50% of ports across the country.