Metro project No. 2 Ben Thanh – Tham Luong is eligible to simultaneously construct a series of technical infrastructure relocation items to hand over to the main contractor to construct tunnels and stations in 2025.
On February 17 (the 8th day of the Lunar New Year), the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board (MAUR) organized the first construction ceremony of the year for the construction project of metro line No. 2 (Ben Thanh – Tham Luong). ) at Ben Thanh Central Station.
Mr. Bui Anh Huan – Deputy Head of Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board, said that metro project No. 2 is one of two important national railway projects being implemented in Ho Chi Minh City.
In June 2022, MAUR held a groundbreaking ceremony for technical infrastructure projects for the electrical category. By December 2023, the contractor selection work for relocation and reconstruction packages of water supply, drainage, lighting, signs, and traffic signals has been completed.
“As of today, the relocation of technical infrastructure has met the conditions for simultaneous construction,” MAUR leaders informed.
MAUR side requests contractors to urgently focus on mobilizing workers and machinery for construction. The drainage contractor presides over and coordinates with water supply and electricity contractors to carry out construction work immediately after the ceremony to ensure the progress agreed between the parties and basically complete the relocation of the buildings. Technical infrastructure project in 2024 to be ready to hand over to the main contractor to construct the tunnel and stations in 2025.
Metro project No. 2 (Ben Thanh – Tham Luong) was approved by the City People’s Committee in 2010 and approved for adjustment in 2019 with a total investment of 47,890.84 billion VND using ODA loans from the Asian Development Bank. (ADB), German Reconstruction Bank (KfW), European Investment Bank (EIB) and counterpart funds from the budget.
The entire project is more than 11 km long (of which the underground section is more than 9 km long; the elevated section is nearly 2 km long) with 10 stations (9 underground stations, 1 elevated station). Metro project No. 2 passes through 6 districts: 1, 3, 10, 12, Tan Binh, Tan Phu with a total recovered area: 251,136 m2; Total compensation and support costs are more than 3,753 billion VND.
To date, the site handover rate has reached 86.69% (508/586 cases).
