A section of National Highway 91 passing through Cần Thơ City of Cần Thơ Province. — VNA/VNS Photo

CẦN THƠ — Cần Thơ City will be allocated more than VNĐ5 trillion (US$205.6 million) for infrastructure development in 2021-25, according to the Ministry of Transport.

With the allocation of investment capital, the ministry expects a dramatic change for the socio-economic development of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region.

The projects include North-South Expressway’s Cần Thơ-Hậu Giang section with investment capital of nearly VNĐ3.5 trillion ($142.9 million), Connection of Mekong Delta Region (phase 1,2 and 3) of VNĐ212 billion ($8.7 million), Lộ Tẻ-Rạch Sỏi Highway with VNĐ366 billion ($15 million), road connecting National Highway 91 and và bypass of Long Xuyên City with VNĐ250 billion ($10 million), raising air clearance of road bridges crossing the national inland waterway - phase 1 in southern region with capital of VNĐ326 billion ($13.3 million), and upgrading the road surface of Lộ Tẻ-Rạch Sỏi route of VNĐ440 billion ($17.9 million).

In addition, the Ministry of Transport has also advised the Government to submit to the National Assembly for approval the investment policy of four-lane Châu Đốc – Cần Thơ – Sóc Trăng Expressway with total length of 188.2km, in which section passing Cần Thơ City is 37.7km long.

The route has a total investment of about VNĐ44.7 trillion ($1.82 billion), of which the Prime Minister has assigned the People's Committee of Cần Thơ City to be the managing agency to implement the component project.

The Long Xuyên bypass project on National Highway 91 has total length of 23.56km including the section through Thốt Nốt District of 5.3km.

The scale of the project is a plain road at level 3 with a 12m wide roadbed and 11m wide road surface and the design speed is 80km per hour. Total proposed investment is $151.79 million used ODA loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). — VNS