People "stuck" in a slow-moving project

Living miserably in the project

The Northwest Axis I Project (section from Hue intersection to Da Nang Oncology Hospital, section from Ho Tung Mau to National Highway 1A and section connecting Nguyen An Ninh from National Highway 1A intersection to the railway) had an initial total investment of more than 692 billion VND. However, due to land acquisition problems and prolonged implementation, leading to compensation price slippage, the total investment had to be increased to 966 billion VND.

*The unfinished Northwest Axis I project makes people's travel difficult.*

At the end of March 2022, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Da Nang City issued Decision No. 776 on the completion timeline of the Northwest Axis I Road project at the end of June 2023. However, up to now, the project has not been able to be put into use.

Living and building a house on the land given by his parents for more than 20 years, Mr. Tran Van Thanh's family (in group 24, Hoa Khanh Bac ward, Lien Chieu district) has not been able to get a red book because the land is in the project planning.

*Living in the project area, people have to live with pollution in dilapidated, rundown houses.*

Mr. Thanh said that this project was planned a long time ago, so his family could not get a certificate. Not only that, until now the compensation plan for households like his is not really clear. Over the years, people have had to live with pollution in dilapidated, dilapidated houses. When it rains heavily, water floods everywhere, many households here have to rush to escape the flood.

“People are willing to hand over the land for project construction. However, the government must have the most reasonable compensation plan so that people can soon stabilize their lives,” said Mr. Thanh.

*Temporary houses, waiting to be cleared to serve the Northwest Axis I project*

In this project, there are still 19 households that have not received compensation and have not accepted the compensation policy due to building houses on agricultural land in the clearance area of the Resettlement Area No. 1 Northwest project managed by the Project Management Board for Investment and Construction of Civil and Industrial Works.

Mr. Vo Thanh Luong (head of group 24, Hoa Khanh Bac ward) said that most of the people here really want the project to be completed soon to promote economic development and convenient transportation. However, Mr. Luong also shared that currently on the Northwest axis I route, there are still many households facing difficulties in compensation and clearance, the main reason is that they build houses on land that is not residential land.

Efforts to find a common "voice"

According to the People's Committee of Lien Chieu District, Da Nang City, up to this point, the Northwest Axis I route has completed 59/164 files. The land handover rate is 35.8%, the remaining 105 files have not yet been handed over.

*Messy infrastructure in the project area*

Mr. Nguyen Dang Huy, Chairman of Lien Chieu District People's Committee, said that currently, land clearance in the area is facing many difficulties. Most of the projects are old, implemented many years ago, so the compensation value is low, most households have received 80% of the compensation, currently 20% of the money has not been received and the land has not been handed over. The prolonged project has led to many difficulties in mobilizing people.

In addition, many households built houses on non-residential land, were not compensated for the land and were not resettled, so they requested a delay and did not comply with the handover of the site.

Another reason for the prolonged land clearance is that the majority of households allocated land for resettlement have land compensation values lower than the amount of land use fees paid for the land allocated for resettlement. Therefore, households cannot ensure payment of land use fees for house construction and have not yet complied with the land handover.

Regarding solutions in the coming time, Lien Chieu District People's Committee submitted to the City People's Committee to consider a special mechanism for the project to speed up site clearance progress.

*Lien Chieu District proposes special mechanism to speed up site clearance for project*

Accordingly, for 19 cases of agricultural land, the Council is currently Organize meetings with people, collect opinions on households to be cleared to support households with a maximum of 20 million VND and mobilize them to hand over the site.

For 40 cases that have been resettled, support for 10% price depreciation of houses and structures will be implemented, and support for minimum resettlement quota/

In addition, for households building houses on non-residential land in Hoa Khanh Bac ward, we will continue to mobilize and complete legal documents, complete approval of compensation settlement results, support, and resettlement for households cleared properly and fully according to regulations.

Cases of building houses on agricultural land that have been fully compensated according to regulations, have been mobilized and explained by sectors and levels but still do not comply with handing over the site, and proceed to prepare records for compulsory land recovery in 2023.

In cases where resettlement land is arranged, the Council has received people, and after approval of support, will send a notice and request to receive final payment and hand over the site.

The Northwest Axis I route is invested by the Project Management Board for Investment and Construction of Traffic Works. The project was approved by the Chairman of the City People's Committee in September 2019.

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