Prime Minister: Assigning the army to build Phong Chau bridge helps save 300 billion VND

The above content was mentioned by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh when speaking at the 20th session of the State Steering Committee for important national projects and works, key to the transport sector (Steering Committee), which took place on the evening of September 10.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. (Photo: VGP)

The Prime Minister said that currently the total number of projects under the Steering Committee is 120 projects/component projects, in 30 provinces and cities (including 3 areas: roads, aviation and seaports).

The Prime Minister expressed his concern that despite actively removing many difficulties and obstacles, the disbursement rate of public investment capital this year, although about 6% higher than the same period last year and about 140,000 billion VND in absolute terms, is still not as expected.

" While this year requires 100% disbursement of public investment capital, the development requirement is stronger, and the people's expectations are greater. There is no reward greater than the joy and excitement of the people when the projects are completed ," the Prime Minister stated.

Therefore, the Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to review their work with a spirit of speed, boldness and efficiency; and draw on existing experiences to actively speed up the work further.

Citing the example of Phong Chau bridge being assigned to the military unit, which helped reduce the implementation time from 1 year to 10 months and saved 300 billion VND, the Prime Minister acknowledged that if the project was put into operation early, it would save capital, be more effective, and bring benefits to the State and the People.

" The central and local governments must work together, everyone must accelerate and break through with an offensive mindset. Nothing is impossible. The important thing is the determination to do it and knowing how to do it; with new spirit, new thinking, new methodology, more urgent, more effective, more sustainable.

With the spirit of "all for the country, all for the people", the Party has directed, the Government is unified, the National Assembly agrees, the people support, the Fatherland expects, then only discuss and do, not talk back, not say no, not say difficult, not say yes but not do, said is done, committed must be done, done, done must bring about specific, measurable results ", the Prime Minister emphasized.

Must exceed the target of 3,000 km of highways and 1,700 km of coastal roads

Regarding key tasks, the Prime Minister requested to complete and exceed the target of putting into operation 3,000 km of expressway, opening the expressway from Cao Bang to Ca Mau and over 1,700 km of coastal road in 2025; at the same time, ensuring the basic completion of the Long Thanh International Airport project in 2025.

Assessing this as a heavy task, the head of the Government believes we can do it.

Directing a number of specific tasks, regarding investment preparation procedures, the Prime Minister requested the provinces of Nghe An, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai, and Cao Bang to be proactive in implementing and completing pre-feasibility study reports to submit to competent authorities for approval of investment policies for the Vinh - Thanh Thuy, Cam Lo - Lao Bao, Quang Ngai - Kon Tum, and Bac Kan - Cao Bang expressway projects, to be completed in December.

Hanoi and Bac Ninh and Gia Lai provinces speed up the progress of preparing and approving feasibility study reports for the Gia Binh airport connecting road project and the Quy Nhon - Pleiku project, to be completed in December.

The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Construction to speed up the project approval process and start construction of the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong - My Thuan expressway expansion project in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Ho Chi Minh City and Lam Dong province are speeding up the selection of investors, contractors and related procedures to start the Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai, Tan Phu - Bao Loc projects in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Regarding site clearance, Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of Dong Nai, Lang Son, Tuyen Quang, Quang Tri, Can Tho, An Giang, and Ca Mau need to seriously implement the Prime Minister's instructions and promptly hand over the entire remaining site of projects scheduled to be completed in 2025, in September.

Quang Ngai, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, and Dong Nai provinces urgently speed up the handover of land for rest stop projects on the Eastern North-South Expressway, to complete by September at the latest.

Regarding construction organization, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Construction, localities, and agencies managing projects under construction to review and update the progress of projects to direct investors and contractors to supplement human resources and equipment, increase construction teams, and organize construction in 3 shifts and 4 teams to speed up progress to ensure completion on time, especially for projects scheduled for completion in 2025.

The Prime Minister especially noted a number of projects that need to be urgently completed according to the set schedule, including the Cao Bang - Lang Son, Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang expressways; traffic projects connecting Long Thanh airport, runway 2 of Long Thanh airport...

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