Thu Duc City proposes to add some logistics service routes

Planning 7 logistics centers of Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo. Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City)

Reporting at a recent seminar on Planning and Developing Logistics in Thu Duc City, a representative of the Urban Management Department of Thu Duc City said that in the Thu Duc City Planning Project to 2040, the city proposed Newly added a number of routes to serve the development of logistics services in the area.

Specifically, in the field of roads, two new routes have been added: the new East-West traffic road, with a width of 30 ÷ 40m, starting from connecting Thanh Da peninsula, passing through Truong Tho new urban area, the area North Rach Chiec residential area and the high-tech zone will form the East-West corridor and the inter-port road connecting the Cat Lai – Phu Huu port cluster and the Ring Road 3, the Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau expressway. Seconds through Thu Duc city. This is considered an important route in connecting inter-regional ports, constructed in parallel with Ring Road 3.

In addition, Thu Duc City also proposed to add connections to Ring Road 3 (lanes on the expressway) to serve traffic and freight; Add up and down entrances to enhance urban connection along the corridor.

In the general development plan of Thu Duc city, there is also a plan for a railway to participate in freight transport. The proposed railway line connects freight from Cat Lai port, following Ring Road 3, National Highway 1 connecting with An Binh station, the central cargo station of the whole region.

Mr. Hoang Tung, Chairman of Thu Duc City People’s Committee, said that “if the railway is formed to connect with the national railway line, it is believed that this is also a very important and dedicated route in the logistics development of the city.” Thu Duc”.

Planning freight railway in Thu Duc city.

In the development plan of 7 key logistics industry in Ho Chi Minh City, Thu Duc city occupies an important position because there are 4/7 key logistics centers located in the area.

Ho Chi Minh City also recently said that it is striving to 2025, completing the establishment of a logistics digital map, a centralized data warehouse, and the creation of digital platforms connecting multimodal transport services. By 2030, complete the construction of a digital version of the logistics system, expressing the state of domestic and import-export and movement flows through the city. On that basis, support businesses to carry out digital transformation and do business more effectively.

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