Bac Ninh: Resolutely disbursing public investment capital, creating momentum for economic growth

BAC NINH - Determining that public investment disbursement is one of the driving forces for economic growth, right from the beginning of the year, the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province has directed localities and investors to resolutely remove difficulties for projects. Accordingly, a series of projects are being accelerated by contractors, striving to disburse capital on schedule, avoiding capital accumulation at the end of the year.

Speed ​​up construction progress of key projects

At this time, relevant sectors and investors of communes and wards have been focusing on urging contractors to mobilize vehicles, equipment and human resources to speed up construction progress, especially key traffic projects.

Contractor for construction of Ring Road 4 - Capital Region, section through Bac Ninh province.

The Golden Canal Bridge project and the approach roads at both ends of the bridge connecting Bac Ninh province with Hai Phong city are key traffic works of the province, started at the end of last year, including two packages No. 14 and No. 15 with a length of more than 13.3 km. The total investment cost is more than 2,182 billion VND from the central and local budgets and other legal capital sources. The investor is the Bac Ninh Province Traffic and Agriculture Project Management Board No. 2. According to the plan, this project will be completed and put into use in 2027. It is known that the project construction process has encountered many difficulties because some households have not yet handed over the site; it is difficult to determine the origin of the land. Faced with this reality, the authorities of the communes where the project passes, typically Gia Binh and Luong Tai, have made efforts to propagate and mobilize people to understand the purpose and meaning of the project and agree to implement it. Specialized agencies support the communes in determining the origin of the land to soon complete the compensation plan.

The representative of the Bac Ninh Province Traffic and Agriculture Project Management Board No. 2 said that the unit is focusing on urging contractors to speed up the progress of the items, especially in the sections that have just been handed over the site. Up to now, package No. 14 has reached 38.8% of the work volume; package No. 15 has reached nearly 10%. Since the beginning of the year, the investor has disbursed nearly 170 billion VND, reaching more than 28% of the capital allocated this year. At the construction site, there are more than 100 workers, engineers and many vehicles divided into 13 construction teams focusing on implementing items of weak soil treatment, bridge abutments, bridge pedestals, bridge girders, bridge piers, drainage culverts... to continue to have completed volume and disburse capital on schedule.

Similarly, at the project to build the extended provincial road 293, from Kham Lang intersection (Bac Lung commune) to Quynh market (Nghia Phuong commune), the People's Committee of the old Luc Nam district, now Nghia Phuong commune People's Committee and Bac Lung commune People's Committee actively propagated and mobilized households to hand over the site as soon as possible so that the contractor could speed up the progress. This project started in May this year. With the spirit of "overcoming the sun and overcoming the rain", the contractors mobilized machinery and human resources to construct the road and the bridge over the Luc Nam river, working all night, on holidays and weekends. There were about 100 workers at the construction site. After nearly 3 months of construction, the investor has disbursed 107 billion VND, reaching more than 31% of the annual capital plan.

Not only the above two projects, at this time in the province there are a series of projects that localities, investors and contractors are focusing on to remove obstacles, speed up construction progress to have completed volume as a basis for capital disbursement such as: Construction of Provincial Road 285B and complete intersection connecting to the new National Highway 3 in Yen Phong commune; construction and opening of a new connecting road from Provincial Road 292 through An Ha Industrial Park, Tien Luc commune to Northeast Ring Road, Bac Giang ward; Ring Road 4 - Capital Region, section through Bac Ninh province...

Do not accumulate payment volume at the end of the year

According to the Department of Finance, this year the province manages more than 20.3 trillion VND of public investment capital. This source of funding is allocated by the province to sectors and localities to build transitional works and start new projects in the fields of transportation, irrigation, environment, health, etc. By the end of August this year, the total disbursement value reached more than 10.5 trillion VND, equal to 51.7% of the capital plan.

However, there are still some projects stuck in site clearance, and there are still some "sticky" locations that have not been handed over to contractors, affecting progress. Some projects still lack land for leveling due to scarce supply, so contractors have temporarily stopped construction, leading to difficulties in disbursing capital...

Identifying the disbursement of public investment capital as a key task of the province, contributing to socio-economic development, creating momentum for economic growth, at the regular meeting last August, Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, requested sectors, localities, and investors to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital with the goal of disbursing at least 85% of the planned capital assigned by the Government and 70% of the capital assigned by the Provincial People's Council by September 30. In which, focusing on key projects, especially traffic works. Relevant departments and branches closely monitor progress, promptly remove obstacles, especially site clearance. Heads of agencies and units assigned public investment capital uphold the sense of responsibility, focus on leadership, direction and implementation of capital disbursement tasks resolutely, strongly, promptly and effectively.

At this time, the Department of Finance is focusing on checking and urging investors to disburse capital monthly and quarterly for each project; assigning leaders of the Department to be responsible for monitoring the construction progress and capital disbursement. Localities are proactively reviewing and evaluating the disbursement capacity of each project to adjust capital from slow-disbursing projects to fast-disbursing projects. Investors strictly implement the procedures for paying public investment capital within 3 working days (from the date of acceptance of completed volume), not allowing payment volume to accumulate at the end of the year.

Article and photos: Minh Linh

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