contractor Obayashi on September 4 poured final concrete to link up the
Thu Thiem tunnel, the first immersed tunnel in Southeast Asia.
According to EWHPMB Director Luong Minh Phuc, to date, 80 percent of
workload on the tunnel, which is built across Saigon River in Ho
Chi Minh City , has been completed.
In order to
ensure the inauguration of the tunnel on schedule, the management board
and the contractor are arranging three shifts a day with 300 engineers
and workers each, Phuc said.
He added that the
third package of the project, the mechanics-electricity package, will
begin after concrete blocks get stabilized. The package includes
installing water supply, lighting, firefighting, ventilation, air
pollution measurement and vehicle counting systems with international
standards. The package is estimated to take six months.
The Thu Thiem tunnel, which is about 1,490m in length, 33m in width
and 9m in height, with six lanes, is scheduled for technical test runs
in March next year.
The whole East-West Highway , including the Thu Thiem tunnel, is expected to open to traffic in June 2011.
Once operational, the tunnel can accommodate around 45,000 automobiles and 15,000 motorbikes each day./.
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