Complete site clearance, provide materials, and avoid "slippage" in progress of key transport projects

The Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway Project (Phase 1) through Minh Dan Commune, Ham Yen District is being mobilised by all units to the maximum extent of human resources and construction machinery. Photo: Hoang Hai/VNA

The concluding announcement stated that the 13th National Party Congress set a target of completing 5,000 km of expressways by 2030. The Prime Minister launched the emulation movement "500 days and nights of emulation to complete 3,000 km of expressways" to complete 3,000 km of expressways by 2025 - this is an especially important political task that must be completed.

Currently, the competent authorities, investors, and contractors of the projects are reviewing and building detailed construction schedules, and have creative solutions to speed up progress to compensate for the delayed construction volume (such as changing loading measures, resolving procedures for granting material mines, site clearance, etc.), and are committed to ensuring the completion of the project on schedule.

The National Assembly and the Government have approved a growth target of over 8% in 2025 and double-digit growth in the period 2026 - 2030. To achieve this growth target, it is necessary to promote public investment, focusing mainly on transport projects.

Investment in developing transport infrastructure will contribute to the completion of multiple objectives: disbursement of public investment capital, opening up new development space, urban areas, industrial zones, service areas for localities, creating jobs for people and businesses, increasing the added value of land, facilitating investment promotion, reducing logistics costs, increasing the competitiveness of goods and the economy. Therefore, it is necessary to accelerate, make a breakthrough, have solutions to urge and promote investment in the context of changing growth targets.

Appoint a Deputy Minister in charge of each project.

The Prime Minister has established 7 Inspection Teams to review and remove difficulties and obstacles related to key transport projects scheduled to be completed by 2025 to achieve the target of 3,000 km of expressways. Through the results of the 7 Inspection Teams of the Deputy Prime Ministers, the projects have had more positive changes.

On behalf of the Government, the Prime Minister commended the provinces of An Giang, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, and Vinh Long for actively handling procedures for granting mines for projects in the region. The Prime Minister requested relevant agencies to continue promoting and implementing tasks until the projects are completed and put into use, ensuring the goal of opening the North-South expressway from Cao Bang to Ca Mau by 2025.

The Government Standing Committee requests the Ministry of Construction and relevant ministries and branches to assign a Deputy Minister in charge of each project, proactively and promptly inspect and resolve problems. Ministries, localities and contractors must immediately handle bottlenecks and take appropriate measures; promptly report to competent authorities to resolve problems beyond their authority; all for the benefit of the nation and people; attach importance to the fight against waste, corruption and negativity in the implementation process.

Localities must mobilize the entire political system to complete the work of site clearance and material supply, not to continuously "slip" the completion schedule as committed and determine this as a criterion for evaluating cadres. When implementing compensation, support and resettlement, it is necessary to flexibly apply policies so that people are not disadvantaged, ensuring that new housing is better than or equal to the old housing; paying attention to people's livelihoods. Special subjects must have special policies; the ultimate goal is to ensure a prosperous and happy life for the people in accordance with the policies of the Party and the State.

Projects in the Southwest and Southeast regions need to complete roadbed work before the rainy season.

Regarding the group of projects that are still facing many difficulties and whose progress has not met the set plan (including 10 projects/291km with a plan to be completed in 2025 (Ministry of Construction 1 project/18km; localities 9 projects/273km) and 2 projects Huu Nghi - Chi Lang and Dong Dang - Tra Linh striving to be completed in 2025:

The Government Standing Committee requested localities and investors to urgently coordinate to handle problems related to site clearance, relocation of technical infrastructure and increasing the capacity of material mines as reported by the Ministry of Construction.

Investors, consultants, and contractors update the construction progress, clearly identify the "critical" route (must have solutions to compensate for the delayed volume, reserve time in case of unfavorable weather conditions, especially for projects in the Southwest and Southeast regions that need to complete the roadbed before the rainy season); increase human resources, construction machinery and equipment, and financial resources to organize construction in 3 shifts and 4 teams to ensure the completion of projects by 2025 according to the set plan, with specific tasks.

Provinces with a large amount of land clearance work remaining such as Dong Nai (Bien Hoa - Vung Tau), Khanh Hoa (Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot), Tuyen Quang (Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang), Binh Duong (Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3), Quang Tri (Van Ninh - Cam Lo) focus on directing completion before April 15, 2025 and must not delay the progress.

The provinces of Dong Nai, Khanh Hoa, Dak Lak, Lang Son, Binh Duong, and Long An coordinated with Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) to complete the relocation of high-voltage power lines without affecting the construction progress.

Da Nang City (Hoa Lien - Tuy Loan project) and Ha Giang Province (Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang project) speed up licensing procedures, increase capacity of quarries, to be completed no later than April 15, 2025.

Long An Province (Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3) speeds up the implementation of the interchange with Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway to ensure synchronous exploitation of 20km of Ben Luc - Long Thanh project on April 30, 2025 (expected April 19, 2025).

Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang (Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang project), Dong Thap (Cao Lanh - An Huu project) provinces proactively coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in supplementing capital for the project to complete in 2025.

Lang Son (Huu Nghi - Chi Lang) and Cao Bang (Dong Dang - Tra Linh) provinces directed investors to resolutely implement to ensure completion in 2025.

Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong (Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project), Dong Thap (An Huu - Cao Lanh), Tuyen Quang (Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang) review the progress, take the initiative in material sources, have appropriate and effective technical solutions, do not delay the project completion progress; be responsible to the Government and the Prime Minister for the implementation results.

Localities coordinate with investors to confirm the actual damage to houses due to construction impacts to pay compensation, ensure the legitimate rights of the people, comply with regulations, avoid complaints and lawsuits that cause insecurity and disorder in the area; strictly handle according to the law those who oppose and cause insecurity and disorder.

Localities have stepped up propaganda and mobilized people to accompany, share, support, and create conditions for units to take advantage of good weather to construct "3 shifts, 4 shifts"; throughout holidays and Tet holidays; in the spirit of "eating quickly, sleeping quickly", "overcoming the sun, overcoming the rain, not losing to storms" to complete on schedule; at the same time, requiring construction units to have reasonable construction solutions to limit the impact on people's lives and health during overtime construction at night.

According to baotintuc.vn

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