Many houses along Duong Quang Ham Street have been dismantled as their owners moved away from the street for a project to widen it.
Costing VND2.3 trillion (US$94.6 million), the project will enlarge the street from 7-8 m to 32 m, while building new lighting and drainage systems and planting trees.
The section that will be widened stretches 2.5 km through Go Vap to the border with Binh Thanh District.
Vehicles squeeze through Duong Quang Ham Street on Nov. 23.
Of the fund for widening the street, VND1.75 trillion comes from Go Vap District and the rest will be covered by the city budget.
A family rebuilds the façade of their house after demolition.
The project to enlarge the road was approved in 2020, but has dragged on until now.
With work expected to start within this year, the completion is now slated for 2025.
Two workers take down a street-front house.
With locals and the district's authorities finally on the same page regarding compensation, it is agreed that affected households will hire workers to take down and rebuild the front part of their houses.
A house that has been partially taken down.
According to Go Vap's authorities, 425 houses must be cleared to create 49,000 sq.m of space for the expansion project.
Of them, there are 58 houses which will be completely cleared while the rest will only lose their fronts.
Tran Thanh Toan, 63, is going to give up his entire house for the project.
He is compensated VND2.1 billion (US$86,400) in total. Toan plans to move to District 12.
“The compensation is still lower than the market price but my family thinks it is still an acceptable deal, for the good of the many.”
