At 10:00 a.m., Mr. Le Van Hoa (57 years previous, residing in Ward 13, Tan Binh District) sat within the color on Cong Hoa Boulevard, having a look a ways away against Hoang Hoa Tham Boulevard, which were naked of bushes for greater than 10 days.
The choice of bushes right here have been reduce down via the government to transparent the bottom in preparation for beginning the venture to extend the street resulting in Terminal T3 at Tan Son Nhat airport.
Whilst regretting the row of historic bushes which can be greater than 100 years previous, Mr. Hoa hopes that their “sacrifice” will convey many excellent issues, decreasing the visitors jams that happen each day within the space.
Lacking the previous bushes
In Mr. Hoa’s reminiscence, Hoang Hoa Tham boulevard prior to 1975 used to be considered one of 3 gates resulting in the airborne department barracks, protective the fringe of Tan Son Nhat airport. On each side of the street are dozens of tamarind bushes so massive that 3 other people can’t hug all of them. The small street, about 6-8 meters lengthy, is all the time shaded.
Consistent with Mr. Hoa, in 2012, Carillon 3 condo construction used to be constructed on Hoang Hoa Tham boulevard, ward 13 (Tan Binh district) attracting hundreds of other people to reside right here. The small street main from the army barracks gate to Cong Hoa Boulevard has common visitors jams right through rush hour. The government quickly solved the issue via construction a metal overpass on Cong Hoa Boulevard for direct visitors.
Mr. Hoa hopes that when reducing down bushes, increasing the street will assist cut back visitors congestion on Cong Hoa Boulevard (Photograph: Anh Huy).
Then again, up to now 4 years, the issue of fixing visitors jams with overpasses is not efficient. The government needed to shut the Hoang Hoa Tham overpass from the middle of Ho Chi Minh Town to the suburbs right through the morning rush hour, permitting automobiles heading in the wrong way to temporarily get away in the course of the space; After paintings hours, the trade is reversed.
“I and everybody else regretted the bushes however fortuitously agreed to chop them down, hoping that Hoang Hoa Tham boulevard could be expanded, other people would take this path to the airport to cut back visitors congestion at the overloaded Cong Hoa boulevard. I heard that once it’s finished, As soon as the street is expanded, the government will replant extra bushes,” Mr. Hoa mentioned.
Mr. Chac A Si (70 years previous, native resident) mentioned that the tamarind row on Hoang Hoa Tham boulevard existed prior to the French colonial duration. Generations of other people like him have many reminiscences connected to the bushes.
When he used to be about 9-10 years previous, he and his friends regularly went to this course to pick out tamarind fruit to roast and consume. When he grew up, he parked his cyclo underneath those bushes to make a residing and lift his circle of relatives. Prior to now twenty years, he switched to being a motorcycle taxi motive force, proceeding to stick subsequent to the tamarind tree ready to pick out up consumers till they have been reduce down.
Consistent with Mr. Si, as society develops an increasing number of, street enlargement is inevitable, after which the rows of bushes are tough to handle. As a result of in step with him, nobody desires to take a look at to stay the previous bushes in order that each day they may be able to witness visitors jams, other people being overdue for paintings, scholars being overdue for college, and affecting their well being.
He anticipated the government to believe increasing the street and successfully cut back visitors congestion in order that the sacrifice of the bushes would now not be meaningless. “I feel in about 10 years, the street may have cool tree color once more,” Mr. Si mentioned and appeared on the rush of visitors underneath the sizzling solar on Hoang Hoa Tham boulevard at midday.
Government are reducing down an historic tamarind tree on Hoang Hoa Tham boulevard (Photograph: Anh Huy).
As famous via the reporter Dan Tri, In the past, the felling and relocation of bushes on Hoang Hoa Tham boulevard, the segment from Cong Hoa resulting in the gate of the army barracks has been finished, getting ready at hand over the website online to extend the street. This position now handiest has tree stumps 0.5-2m in diameter, reduce just about the street.
In the meantime, greater than 300 bushes equivalent to inexperienced ironwood, tamarind, monkey cranium… suffering from the venture connecting Tran Quoc Hoan – Cong Hoa at Hoang Van Thu park have been additionally finished and relocated via the government. Alongside this course are massive development websites, motor automobiles and employees operating day and night time. At the nook of Truong Chinh Boulevard, Cong Hoa, dozens of monkey cranium bushes have been additionally reduce down greater than a 12 months in the past.
Boldly trade
Nowadays, when touring on Mai Chi Tho Street at midday, from the Dong Van Cong intersection to the start of the Ho Chi Minh Town – Lengthy Thanh – Dau Giay Freeway (Thu Duc Town), many of us really feel sizzling and stuffy. When 1,500 bushes passing in the course of the space have been reduce down, uprooted and cleared via government to construct the An Phu intersection.
The just about 1km lengthy development website online used to be stuffed with smoke and mud as a result of dozens of motor automobiles have been digging roads to construct tunnels and overpasses. Part of the street used to be constructed via the government to construct a blockhouse for the venture. Visitors jams within the space happen often, particularly right through rush hours.
