HAI PHONG DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
HAI PHONG DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
Overview of the Rung ferry terminal, Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong connected to Quang Yen town, Quang Ninh province. Photo: Bui Doanh
(Haiphong.gov.vn) – The City People’s Committee has just proposed the Ministry of Planning and Investment to consider and report to the Prime Minister for central budget support to implement the project of investment in the construction of the Ben Rung Bridge and the bridge access road connecting Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong city with Quang Yen town, Quang Ninh province.
Hai Phong city is currently researching to invest in synchronous and connected traffic projects in order to promote regional connectivity in the development triangle of Hanoi – Hai Phong – Quang Ninh, and the northern coastal regions, in which Ben Rung bridge will replace the current Rung ferry, connecting with Quang Ninh province, under the spirit of Resolution No. 45-NQ/TW on building and developing Hai Phong city to 2030, with a vision to 2045 issued by the Politburo.
The project has a new scale of building Ben Rung bridge with permanent structure with a length of about 1,855.8m; width of main bridge and guide bridge: 21.5m; build roads at two bridge ends with plain road grade III (about 1,37km from Hai Phong, about 1,5km from Quang Ninh), the cross-section of the road is 21.5m wide; installation of lighting systems, road signs for waterways and roads according to current regulations … Land use area is about 14.59 ha (of which, Hai Phong is 5,17 ha; Quang Ninh is 9.42ha). The total investment of the project is more than VND 2,280 billion.
The People’s Committee of Hai Phong city requests the central budget to support the bridge construction; regarding the road construction, site clearance cost and other costs, Hai Phong committed to allocate the city budget for the implementation.
According to the master plan on the road transportation of Hai Phong city to 2020, orientations to 2030 approved by the City People’s Council in Resolution No. 32/2014/NQ-HDND dated December 10, 2014, Ben Rung Bridge replaces Pha Rung on provincial route 359 connecting provincial road 331 to Quang Yen town, Quang Ninh province. In addition, in the master plan for transportation development of Quang Ninh province to 2020 and orientation to 2030, approved by the provincial People’s Committee in Decision No. 2738/QD-UBND dated August 30, 2011 on the orientation of provincial road 331 in the period of 2011 – 2020 to maintain the technical grade of the whole route, plain level III; in the period of 2021 – 2030 to study the construction of a replacement bridge for Rung ferry.
The investment in the construction of Ben Rung bridge to replace the current Rung ferry is essential to create an inter-regional transport system, meeting the travel needs of people, the goods transportation demand of enterprises; connection between economic zones and coastal industrial zones such as Ben Rung Industrial Zone, VSIP Industrial Zone (belonging to Dinh Vu – Cat Hai EZ, Hai Phong) with Dong Mai Industrial Zone, Song Khoai Industrial Zone (in Quang Yen Town, Quang Ninh Province); connecting with the international gateway port in Lach Huyen to promote commodity trade with the region and the world, contribute to increasing export turnover and attracting domestic and foreign investment, creating a driving force for socio-economic development of Hai Phong city, Quang Ninh province in particular and the northern key economic region and the northern delta in general.
Rung Ferry connects provincial road axis 359, Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong city with Quang Yen town, Quang Ninh province across Bach Dang river. This is the largest ferry route in the North with a distance between 2 stations of about 1.2km. Every day, this ferry station receives thousands of passengers and vehicles with more than 100 trips. Rung ferry has been invested and exploited for a long time, infrastructure is degraded, transport quality is very low, out of date, with high potential traffic safety risks.
