Nghe An adjusts and cancels the initial planning of 5 high-rise apartment projects.

In recent years, the construction of high-rise apartment buildings in Vinh City has been increasing. Besides the positive contributions to changing the urban landscape architecture, the boom in apartment building construction has created overload pressure on the infrastructure system and caused traffic congestion.

The 18-storey office and apartment complex of a project in Hung Binh ward (Vinh city), the 18-storey apartment building was adjusted down to 8 floors. Photo: Van Truong.

Faced with the above situation, since the beginning of 2018, the Nghe An Department of Construction has proposed to the Provincial People's Committee to adjust and cancel the initial planning of 5 apartment building projects in Vinh City. The above apartment building projects have been approved for investment since 2017.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Son - Head of the Department of Urban Development Planning and Architecture Management (Department of Construction) said: Apartment building projects that have been adjusted to low-rise buildings include: Thanh Thai Thinh Company Limited project in Ben Thuy ward from a 21-storey apartment building, down to a 4-storey building. Golden Dat Viet project in Hung Binh ward, office and apartment complex from 18 floors, down to 8 floors.

Truong Thinh Phat 2 Urban Area, 19-storey apartment building moved down to 4 floors, Vinh Urban Development Joint Stock Company's high-rise apartment building project in Trung Do ward, 18-storey high, moved down to 4 floors, Cityland Investment Joint Stock Company's apartment building project in Ha Huy Tap ward, 22-storey, moved down to 4 floors.

Many apartment buildings in Vinh City cause traffic congestion. Photo: PV

Also according to Mr. Nguyen Hong Son, after proposing to adjust apartment building projects, investors strictly complied, transferring from high-rise to low-rise buildings.

This adjustment is made according to Official Dispatch No. 10192 (2016) and Official Dispatch No. 5616 (July 2017) on strengthening management to ensure fire safety, environmental sanitation and improve the quality of use of apartment buildings in Nghe An province.

In the coming time, the Department of Construction will not approve new investment projects for apartment projects in Vinh City, in order to reduce population density and traffic congestion, but will only approve investment projects to build apartment buildings in sparsely populated suburban areas.

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