Hand over all construction sites for the two expressways through Lang Son and Cao Bang in the first quarter of 2025.

It is expected that the entire construction site for the two expressways, Huu Nghi - Chi Lang and Dong Dang - Tra Linh, will be handed over in the first quarter of this year.

The two expressway projects, Huu Nghi - Chi Lang (Lang Son) and Dong Dang (Lang Son) - Tra Linh (Cao Bang), are expected to create a vital network of international expressways, connecting international trade, enhancing competitiveness, promoting socio -economic development, and strengthening national defense and security in the northeastern border region.

Construction of the Dong Dang - Tra Linh expressway is underway.

To achieve the goal of completing 3,000km of expressways and ensuring seamless connectivity from Cao Bang to Ca Mau by 2025, accelerating land clearance for project construction is becoming an urgent task for local authorities.

At the Dong Dang – Tra Linh expressway project, immediately after the groundbreaking ceremony (January 1, 2024), the People's Committees of Cao Bang and Lang Son provinces continuously launched intensive campaigns to promote and mobilize the people.

Investors and project enterprises (PEs) are also actively coordinating and providing funding to quickly secure land for construction.

Most recently, at the project steering committee meeting on February 5th, Cao Bang Provincial Party Secretary Quan Minh Cuong directed the relevant authorities to quickly resolve obstacles, including those related to land clearance, in line with the Prime Minister's directive to "not leave contractors alone on the construction site".

The Secretary of the Cao Bang Provincial Party Committee also called for strong determination from the entire local government system to hand over the land on schedule in the first quarter of 2025.

According to the project company's report, to date, more than 576 hectares of land have been handed over to the contractor, equivalent to nearly 91%.

On the construction site, obstacles related to residential land and technical infrastructure still exist. During the technical design process, some sections of the route were adjusted according to the actual terrain and the wishes of the people, leading to the need to update the land clearance scope.

"In Cao Bang, three resettlement areas are still under construction, affecting the progress for households affected by land acquisition."

"Adjusting the land clearance boundaries compared to the feasibility study also makes the forest land conversion procedure take longer," a representative of the project enterprise informed.

Speaking to the press, Mr. Hoang Van Thach, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Cao Bang province, affirmed that although time is running out, the districts in the province will strive to complete the land clearance process for the additional area resulting from the adjustment of documents in the first quarter of this year.

Despite receiving significant attention and support from the local authorities, the construction site for the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang expressway still faces many difficulties.

At the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang project in Lang Son province, more than 47 out of 61 km of land has been handed over, equivalent to over 76% of the total land area.

However, the construction site is still fragmented, interspersed with land for which payments were made in 2018. Only over 68% of the area is accessible for construction. A large volume of technical infrastructure still needs to be relocated.

According to Mr. Luong Trong Quynh, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Lang Son province, land clearance work, following the normal procedure, can take 5-6 months. However, with high determination, the locality aims to complete 100% of land clearance work in the first quarter of 2025.

"To ensure housing for 406 households affected by the project, the Lang Son provincial government is accelerating the approval and selection of contractors to build resettlement areas, and considering on-site resettlement options for eligible households."

Relocating technical infrastructure has been identified as one of the biggest bottlenecks currently, requiring close coordination between the Provincial People's Committee, the power company, telecommunications companies, and the construction contractor to avoid affecting the project's progress.

According to the plan, in the first quarter of 2025, the entire technical infrastructure system, including power lines, telecommunications, and signal systems, will be completely relocated," a leader of Lang Son province shared.

Affirming that mobilizing public consensus on compensation and support plans is a key task, the leaders of Lang Son province stated that the government is accelerating the payment of compensation, alongside reviewing and supplementing land allocation for transportation in the land use plan and planning to ensure that the land clearance process is not interrupted.

In Van Lang district, where both key expressway projects pass through, recognizing the enormous workload ahead, the local government and project enterprises are accelerating coordination in surveying, verifying, and developing land clearance plans.

"We are mobilizing all available staff to participate in the counting and surveying process to expedite progress and implement compensation payments to the people as soon as possible, meeting the goal of handing over the entire land area in the first quarter of 2025," said Mr. Nguyen Van Truong, Secretary of Van Lang District.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/ban-giao-toan-bo-mat-bang-thi-cong-hai-cao-toc-qua-lang-son-cao-bang-trong-quy-i-2025-192250221134036148.htm