VietNamNet Bridge – Road-widening in Hanoi will consume some pavements and grassy strips to give more space for vehicles and reduce congestion.

The local Department of Transport has found 23 peak-hour choke points, mostly on streets running along the two urban railways projects of Cat Linh-Ha Dong and Nhon- Hanoi Train Station.

Besides urging the project investors to speed up their work, the department has also extended some roads.

Some newly-opened streets including Pham Hung, Khuat Duy Tien, Tran Duy Hung, as well as Thang Long Avenue in the west of the city, have been widened to consume the grass verges to ease the rising congestion.  

Khuat Duy Tien street, which opened in 2001, runs 1.7 kilometres from Tran Duy Hung to the Nguyen Trai intersection. The street is seven-metres wide and suffers serious traffic jams during rush hours.

Two thirds of the treeline five-metre-wide pavement on Tran Duy Hung Street has been cleared to give more space for vehicles. The street is subject to traffic jams due to an on-going underground tunnel project at Trung Hoa Bridge.

A section of Pham Hung Street in front of the National Conference Centre has also been widened to make two lanes for cars, which has helped solve traffic jams at this point.

In  2013 and 2014, the department widened some roads including Tran Thai Tong, Tran Quoc Hoan, Duy Tan in Cau Giay District.

Khuat Duy Tien Street is being widened

Khuat Duy Tien Street is being widened by three metres on both sides.          Many people drive on the pavements during rush hours in Khuat Duy Tien Street.

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