HCM City, Oct. 21 -- The HCM City Department of Transport is urging the city People's Committee to approve investment for 55 urgent transport infrastructure projects next year, including five new overhead roads to ease traffic congestion at hotspots connecting eastern and western areas.

Traffic gridlock often occurs during rush hour on Truong Son street leading to Tan Son Nhat International Airport and the Lang Cha Ca roundabout in Tan Binh district, and at an area at a railroad crossing on Nguyen Van Troi street in Phu Nhuan.

Flyovers have been built around these areas, but congestion has only slightly decreased.

Under the department's proposal, the projects would cost about 81.8 trillion VND (3.5 billion USD) sourced from the State b...