Power lines 'hinder' the progress of the project to upgrade and expand DT.753 route

The project to upgrade and expand Highway 753 is expected to be completed and put into use by the end of this year.

The project to upgrade and expand DT.753 route is behind schedule due to problems in relocating power lines.

However, the project's progress is being seriously affected due to problems in relocating the power lines. The relevant departments and agencies are "impatient" and request the Electricity Company to urgently relocate, but the electricity industry is requesting the province to allocate capital.

The project to upgrade and expand DT.753 and build Ma Da bridge connecting Long Thanh International Airport (Dong Nai province) and Cai Mep - Thi Vai port ( Ba Ria - Vung Tau province) was approved by the People's Committee of Binh Phuoc province (now Dong Nai province) in Decision No. 2118/QD-UBND dated December 27, 2023. In particular, the project to upgrade and expand DT.753 has a length of more than 13km, a total investment of 480 billion VND, and officially started construction in December 2024. This is a key project of the province, so immediately after the groundbreaking, the authorities focused on implementation. People basically agreed with the State's policy and were ready to hand over the site so that the project could be completed and put into use soon.

After less than 10 months of construction, the project has reached about 70% of its progress. However, up to now, the biggest difficulty of the project, according to the investor, is not the construction progress but the problem of moving 140 medium voltage poles and 277 low voltage poles to hand over the site to the construction units.

Mr. Do Van Tan in Cay Cay village, Tan Loi commune, Dong Nai province said that his family and local people are very in agreement with the handover of land to expand the DT.753 road. "My house has more than 100m of frontage, and recently the local government also asked me to move the entrance gate to construct the road, so I happily complied. If the government continues to ask my family to hand over the land to relocate the power line, my family is ready. We will move as far as the work goes, and happily comply," said Mr. Tan.

According to Mr. Tan, most people agree with the plans and create favorable conditions to hand over the site to the investor, but local people wonder why the road construction and relocation of electricity poles are still delayed.

Similarly, Mr. Vo Thanh Hoang in Suoi Nhung village, Tan Loi commune, Dong Nai province also agreed with the plans when the government requested to hand over the land to relocate the electric poles to serve the upgrading and expansion of DT.753 road. According to Mr. Hoang, when building the 3-phase power line, his family also handed over a lot of land and rubber trees. Now that the government has a policy to continue the relocation, he and the local people also highly agree.

The people are in high agreement, the provincial leaders and investors are speeding up the implementation, but the risk of project delay is looming because the power lines cannot be relocated. Faced with the risk of project delay affecting the quality of some items as well as causing traffic safety on the route, the leaders of Binh Phuoc province and related departments have held many meetings and worked to request the electricity company to report and organize the relocation of existing medium voltage power lines to serve the project construction.

The project to upgrade and expand Highway 753 is at risk of being behind schedule due to problems with relocating power lines.

However, according to official dispatch No. 3078 dated May 26, 2025, Mr. Le Tan Quang, Director of Binh Phuoc Electricity Company, said that the origin of the power project on DT.753 route is the Tan Phuoc Commune Power Supply Project, Dong Phu District, Binh Phuoc Province, under the Southern Rural Energy Project, with a WB loan that was completed and put into operation in 2002 and the project: 22kV power line supplying power to the Silicon Ore Processing Factory was built and located on the existing power pole of the Tan Phuoc Commune Electrification Project. Therefore, to relocate the power grid, Binh Phuoc Electricity Company requested the Binh Phuoc Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board to consider and advise the Binh Phuoc Provincial People's Committee to arrange capital to relocate the power grid.

Talking to VNA reporters, Mr. Duong Van Hieu, Deputy Director of the Department of Construction of Dong Nai province, said that regarding the urgent relocation of power lines on DT.753 route, the leaders of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Industry and Trade to coordinate with the investor and relevant units to advise the Provincial People's Committee on the solution. Through monitoring, the Department of Industry and Trade has also worked with relevant sectors to resolve difficulties and problems related to the relocation of medium-voltage power lines as soon as possible, in order to create conditions to speed up the project implementation progress.

According to the latest document sent by the Department of Industry and Trade of Dong Nai province to the Southern Power Corporation and Dong Nai Power Company on September 10, 2025, this unit believes that the relocation of the power line on the DT.753 line is the responsibility of the power company. Because the medium voltage power line system on the DT.753 line was built by Binh Phuoc Power Company (now Dong Nai Power Company) based on the Agreement Document No. 876/S.GTVT-GT. In this document, Binh Phuoc Power Company committed to: "quickly relocate or renovate the project without compensation" when the State needs to use the land. Accordingly, Dong Nai Power Company is responsible for inheriting this obligation.

Therefore, the Department of Industry and Trade of Dong Nai province requests Dong Nai Power Company and Southern Power Corporation to urgently make a plan and arrange funds to relocate all existing power infrastructure within the construction scope of the project. At the same time, they must bear all additional costs as previously agreed.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/kinh-te/duong-dien-ngang-chantien-do-du-an-nang-cap-mo-rong-tuyen-duong-dt753-20251028145735575.htm