The Hanoi People’s Committee’s decision to push forward with a 30 kilometre road between Hanoi’s centre and Ba Vi district has been met with public shock.
Previously in the draft masterplan to develop Hanoi to 2030 with a vision to 2050 the Ministry of Construction proposed to move the national administrative centre to Ba Vi district, around 50km from the current centre in Ba Dinh district in the heart of Hanoi. Simultaneously, a link called the West lake-Ba Vi axis would be built to connect the old and new centres.
- VUSTA is also against the proposal for the link between West lake and Ba Vi. “Hanoi is currently focused on finishing the expansion of Thang Long boulevard and Highway 32, and it also plans to set up a railway linking Lang and Hoa Lac. All of these roads will make a transport system to fully meet the area’s demand,” it said.
By Bich Ngoc