Land cover hinders progress of two key projects in Dong Nai

Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway and Ring Road 3 are delayed due to site clearance problems, affecting the overall progress of projects being implemented in other localities.

The Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway project, 54 km long, with 4-6 lanes and a total investment of 17,800 billion VND, was started simultaneously in June, but until now many contractors still do not have land to construct.

The above-mentioned arterial route is divided into three component projects. While component project 3 (19.5 km long) is in charge of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, the site clearance has reached nearly 80%, while component projects 1 and 2 through Dong Nai have only handed over about 6% of the site. Particularly, component project 1, 16 km long, invested by Dong Nai province, has almost "standstill" in site clearance.

The starting point of the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway intersection in Phuoc Tan ward, Bien Hoa city, with a dense population, most of which are illegal constructions and handwritten transactions. Photo: Phuoc Tuan

Mr. Nguyen Hong Que, Deputy Director in charge of the Dong Nai Project Management Board for Compensation, Site Clearance and Resettlement Support, said that the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway through the province is 34 km long, reclaiming nearly 290 hectares, so the workload is very large. Among the nearly 3,700 houses that must be cleared, there are many illegally built houses, people bought and sold with handwritten documents, so verification and documentation are very complicated.

In addition, the current unapproved land prices in the province are also the reason for the delay in land acquisition. Not to mention the land plots belonging to the highway project related to the Rubber Corporation, land planned for national defense and security that have not yet agreed on unit prices, and the Government 's planning conversion... causing delays in site clearance.

Up to now, all four resettlement projects for the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway have not been completed, of which two projects in Bien Hoa city have just approved investment policies, and are expected to complete technical infrastructure by 2025. Meanwhile, the Long Duc resettlement project in Long Thanh district, which started construction in February this year, cannot be implemented due to the liquidation of rubber trees.

According to Mr. Que, the slow progress of building resettlement areas has greatly affected the land acquisition for the expressway. Notably, if there are no works to arrange resettlement for the people, the unit will have difficulty in reclaiming the land area in the project area.

Difficulties in site clearance have also caused the progress of the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project (with a total capital of over VND 75,300 billion) through Dong Nai to be behind the general progress that other provinces and cities are implementing. Up to now, the province has only handed over 6% of the site, much lower than the 92% of Ho Chi Minh City, 44% of Binh Duong and 97% of Long An.

While the above localities have started the construction package, the project component 3 invested by Dong Nai has not yet been implemented. Recently, the contractor of package 1A Tan Van - Nhon Trach had to send a document requesting the province to hand over the site as soon as possible to avoid prolonging the construction time and incurring related costs.

The site clearance and compensation for the 1A component project of Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 through Dong Nai has not yet been completed. Photo: Phuoc Tuan

Explaining the delay in site clearance for the Beltway 3 project through Dong Nai, the Ministry of Transport said that the origin of some land plots has not been determined during the process of land seizure and compensation. There are currently 169 households without owners who have not yet completed the inventory. Difficulties in hiring consultants and disagreement on land valuation methods are also causes of the delay.

Mr. Le Huu Thanh, Vice Chairman of Nhon Trach District People's Committee, added that the land clearance was delayed because the province approved the project and then handed over the land boundary to the district late. "We only received the boundary markers in April, then started counting, verifying, hiring consultants to appraise land prices, and approval took a long time," Mr. Thanh said.

According to Mr. Thanh, for the 1A Tan Van - Nhon Trach component project, 6.3 km long, passing through the province, the district is paying compensation to 470 households whose land is affected, expected to be completed in October. Meanwhile, the 16 km long Ring Road 3 component project 4, invested by Dong Nai, with about 667 affected households, will complete compensation work by the end of this year.

"We have to follow the prescribed procedures for site clearance. When there are problems, we have to make recommendations to higher authorities, which somewhat affects the progress," Mr. Thanh said, citing the case of many houses that suffered landslides and lost land to the river, and had to ask the province's opinion to agree on a compensation plan.

The route of Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway and Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 passing through Dong Nai. Graphics: Dang Hieu

Yesterday afternoon, working with Dong Nai authorities on the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway project, Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan said that the site clearance work in the locality was slower than the resolution of the National Assembly and the Government. Therefore, the province needs to speed up the resettlement project, relocate technical infrastructure soon, and complete personnel to speed up the project's progress.

Mr. Tuan supports Dong Nai’s proposal to resettle some households who gave up land to build the expressway into the resettlement area of ​​Long Thanh airport. However, the provincial government needs to review related regulations to avoid complaints.

Previously, working with the National Assembly Economic Committee regarding a number of key projects, Mr. Vo Tan Duc, acting Chairman of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee, said that in the coming time, the province will dispatch many provincial officials to a number of districts with large projects to support site clearance.

In addition, the province will have many policies such as supporting temporary residents, shortening some permitted procedures to speed up site clearance, building resettlement areas, and soon handing over clean land to construction contractors.

Phuoc Tuan

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