A construction ceremony on a coastal road of Liên Chiểu Port is staged in Đà Nẵng. The city has been speeding the progress on the development of the port to be operational in the first stage in 2025. VNS Photo Công Thành

ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city started construction of a 6-lane 2.96km coastal road connecting the national road system and the ongoing Liên Chiểu port at a ceremony on Friday, promising an operational schedule of the port in the first phase in 2025.

Head of the city’s management unit of priority infrastructure projects, Lê Thành Hưng said it’s a key section of the shared infrastructure on the development of the port, ensuring the traffic on the first phase investment of the port.

Hưng said the port, which commenced the construction last December, has been speeding up the scheduled construction, and the coastal linked road item resulted from the port schedule progress.

The coastal road, which will be built at cost of VNĐ1.2 trillion (US$48 million) includes two multi-layer junctions with the national North-South railway and road system, and the South Hải Vân-Tuý Loan ringroad, will create an independence traffic route linking the national traffic and the port for all vehicles.

It also helps build channel crossing bridges, tunnels and flyovers for smooth travel of container trucks, storage and shipping logistics service among the port and industrial parks in the area.

Chairman of the city’s people’s committee, Lê Trung Chinh said the construction of the port and shared infrastructure projects has been following the country’s master plan on the seaport system until 2030, making it a key port in the central and Central Highlands region and the third largest port system in Việt Nam and a leading ASEAN port and key logistics connection in Việt Nam.

He said Liên Chiểu Port was designed for handling from 40 million to 50 million tonnes of cargo in 2050.

Trucks and excavators begin digging on the coastal road that links the on-going development Liên Chiểu Port in Đà Nẵng City. The road will help smooth traffic connection between the port and the national road and railway system. VNS Photo Công Thành

The Liên Chiểu Port and coastal road system as well as inner port traffic road will host multi-vehicle cargo trips from National Highway No 1A; Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Expressway, Industrial Zones and Hi-tech Parks and Đà Nẵng International Airport.

The port will help build a cargo link with Chân Mây Port in Thừa Thiên-Huế, 40km away, and Chu Lai Port and airport 70km and Dung Quất Economic Zone in Quảng Ngãi. VNS