The coastal corridor project includes 3 sections: Chau Thanh – Rach Gia, Rach Gia – Hon Dat and Hon Dat – Kien Luong; Among them, the Rach Gia – Hon Dat section is about to be completed. Recently, the Department of Transport of Kien Giang province has just started construction on the Hon Dat – Kien Luong route, with a total investment of more than 1,400 billion VND.
Accordingly, the route has just been approved by the Department of Transport. Construction started with a length of 40km, width of 12m, road surface of 7m, with scale of level 3 plain road.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hon – Chairman of Rach Gia City People’s Committee – said that the coastal corridor from Rach Gia – Hon Dat is about to be completed and now the Department of Transport has just started construction on the Hon Dat – Kien Luong route, which is a meaningful event. When these two sections of the route are formed, they will create a dynamic traffic axis creating space for development towards the Northwest sea of Kien Giang province connecting Rach Gia City with Hon Dat Kien Luong and Ha Tien City. Thereby contributing to reducing traffic pressure on National Highway 80, which has been invested in construction and put into operation over the past 30 years.
According to Mr. Hon, the coastal road is extremely important and very important. necessary to connect coastal corridor traffic. Forming the newest development space is the potential for Rach Gia City to develop tourism in the future.
“Rach Gia City is very interested in this coastal route. Because when this route The formation will help regional tourism develop strongly, including Rach Gia City. Visitors to Rach Gia City can easily travel to a number of tourist destinations in neighboring localities such as: Historical relics area. Sister Su’s tomb in Hon Dat district; Hang Hon Phu Tu pagoda… in Kien Luong district, Ha Tien city; visit the revolutionary base area to experience many eco-tourism destinations... when coming to Chau Thanh district, U Minh Thuong district Kiss said.
According to the Chairman of the People’s Committee of Rach Gia City, each day, Rach Gia City has had about 5,000 visitors coming to the city to go to Phu Quoc and the islands of Kien Hai district (excluding days off). TET holiday). With this available number of tourists, Rach Gia City only needs to retain 20% of the number of tourists to contribute significantly to increasing revenue for the city.
The head of Rach Gia City also said that the city currently has many large and small supermarket systems. It is expected that in the near future, a number of large supermarket systems will invest here to create a shopping complex. Along with that, Rach Gia city is building towards developing a night economy ready to serve the entertainment and dining needs of tourists when staying in the coastal city of Rach Gia.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nhan – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Kien Giang province – said that the coastal road from An Minh district (bordering Ca Mau province) to Ha Tien city is a vital traffic axis with a closed role on the West Coast of Kien Giang province. . Investing in completing the coastal road through the province is extremely important and necessary to connect coastal corridor traffic to form a new development space; Strengthen connectivity and promote regional linkages, contributing to local socio-economic development, including tourism.
In addition, the coastal corridor also creates advantages in Handling rescue situations, responding to natural disasters, climate change, preventing saltwater intrusion, strengthening national defense and security.
Up to now, Kien Giang Provincial People’s Committee has balanced capital resources and deployed Complete construction of the section from Ha Tien international border gate to Hon Trem tourist area (Kien Luong); Simultaneously implementing 3 projects in 3 sections of the route: Chau Thanh – Rach Gia, Rach Gia – Hon Dat and Hon Dat – Kien Luong; in which the Rach Gia – Hon Dat section is about to be completed.
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