Ha Noi's Department of Transport was working on a project to collect road maintenance fees from vehicles on the Thang Long Boulevard, according to the deputy head of the department, Nguyen Xuan Tan. Tan said the purpose of the toll was to modernize the management of the route, balance the volume of traffic and mini
Ha Noi's Department of Transport was working on a project to collect road maintenance fees from vehicles on the Thang Long Boulevard, according to the deputy head of the department, Nguyen Xuan Tan.
Tan said the purpose of the toll was to modernize the management of the route, balance the volume of traffic and minimize traffic accidents.
Initial information from the department revealed that the project, with estimated investment capital of VND209 billion (US$9.8 million), would focus on building a smart traffic management system on the boulevard this year.
The system would cover traffic safety issues on the route, including preventing and dealing with traffic accidents. Cameras, electric road signs, and a weigh-bridge to detect overloaded trucks would be installed along the route.
According to Tan, the cost of building the smart traffic management system would be mobilized from sources under public-private partner or build-operate-transfer models.
The boulevard, the longest in the country, starts at the intersection of Lang-Hoa Lac and Belt Road III, and ends at the intersection between Lang-Hoa Lac Road, National Highway 21 and Ho Chi Minh Road.