Traffic backed up for kilometers on the Long Thanh expressway, near the An Phu and Phu Huu roundabouts, on the morning of 25/9 due to ongoing road repairs.
Traffic experts assess that narrowing car lanes will increase space for motorcycles and non-motorized vehicles, but will make it difficult for trucks and buses to circulate.
On the morning of 3/9, thousands of cars and motorbikes queued from National Highway 13 to Binh Trieu 2 Bridge, causing a traffic jam of more than 3 km on the first workday after the holiday.
Heavy traffic caused a three-hour tailback on Mai Chi Tho road leading to the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay expressway, forcing traffic police to intermittently close the expressway entrance.
Highways 1, 10, 45, and 217 passing through Cam Thuy, Hoat Giang, Tay Do communes, and others are experiencing partial closures due to rising floodwaters, reaching nearly one meter in some areas.
