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Submitted by ctv_en_6 on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 18:31
HCM City's first monorail system will begin operation in 2015 if land acquisition and financing are tied up soon, the city Department of Transport has said.

The first monorail, a 12-kilometre line, will link Nguyen Van Linh Highway in Binh Chanh district and the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2. 

The other will link Nga Sau Junction in Go Vap district and running across Quang Trung Software City in District 12 and to Tan Thoi Hiep street in District 12, eight kilometres away. 

The monorail will be an effective means of transport in areas without metros, said Bui Xuan Cuong, the department's deputy head. 

At a conference held on August 26, Dr Pham Si Liem, head of the Institute of Urban Research and Infrastructure Development, said the city needs to build more monorail systems to connect other modes of transport with the city's commercial areas. 

Dr Nguyen Huu Nguyen of the Southern Vietnam Economic Search Centre hoped monorails would meet the city's transport needs and persuade residents to give up motorbikes. 

Others called for revamping transportation as well as urban plans so that they dovetail to improve the effectiveness of the monorail systems.

VOVNews/VNA

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