Accompanying the Prime Minister were Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Tien Giang Provincial People's Council Nguyen Van Danh, leaders of ministries, branches and localities.
Strive to complete Rach Mieu 2 Bridge on National Day 2025
Rach Mieu 2 is the second large-scale bridge across the Tien River, connecting the two provinces of Tien Giang and Ben Tre; was built about 2 km from the existing Rach Mieu bridge upstream of the Tien River. The project's starting point is at Dong Tam intersection (intersection of National Highway 2 with Provincial Road 4), Tien Giang province; End point on Highway 1, near Ham Luong bridge, Ben Tre province.
The project has a length of about 17,6 km, the bridge is nearly 2 km long, 21,5 m wide, 4 lanes, design speed 80 km/h. Total investment is 6.810,11 billion VND, starting in March 3, expected to be completed in December 2022. The project uses the central budget, site clearance and resettlement work is invested and implemented by Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces.
During the inspection of the Rach Mieu 2 bridge project on February 15, 2, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed the rebuilding of the progress, shortening the construction time to strive to soon complete the Rach Mieu 2023 bridge, reducing Minimize traffic congestion on Rach Mieu 2 bridge, which is already fully loaded.
The Ministry of Transport is drastically directing investors and construction contractors to focus on human resources, machinery and equipment, and organize construction to strive to complete the Rach Mieu 2 bridge project in accordance with the Prime Minister's direction. .
To date, site clearance has reached more than 96%, construction progress has reached more than 41%, basically meeting the planned progress. Relevant agencies strive to hand over the entire clean site in the first quarter of 2024; By the end of 2024, 70% of the entire project will be completed and completed in 2025.
On the construction site, the Prime Minister highly appreciated the efforts of relevant agencies and localities, as contractors gained more and more experience and improved capacity; Thank you to the team of officials, workers, and employees on the construction site for their efforts in construction with the spirit of "3 shifts, 4 crews", "eat quickly, sleep quickly", "only work without delay", perform ceremonies throughout Tet.
The Prime Minister requested investors, localities, and contractors to continue to strive, make more efforts, and be more responsible in project implementation, ensuring progress, quality, safety, environmental sanitation, and technique. , fine arts, prevention of negativity and waste; Effective disbursement of public investment capital, contributing to promoting growth, creating jobs for people and perfecting transportation infrastructure of the two provinces of Ben Tre and Tien Giang, the Mekong Delta and the whole country.
The Prime Minister requested leaders of localities with key infrastructure projects to always pay attention and do a good job of site clearance and encourage and promote project progress.
Up to now, the site clearance work has been basically completed and the procedures have been completed. The Prime Minister requested the Project Management Board to make a plan and strive to speed up the progress by 3 months, completed on the occasion of the 2nd National Day. September 9, meeting the people's expectations.
Arrange capital for the project to ensure the safety of life and property of about 600.000 households
Previously, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected the Go Cong sea dyke, with a total length of 21 km, including more than 6,8 km of offshore wave reduction dykes that have not yet been invested.
After listening to reports and proposals from ministries, branches and Tien Giang province, the Prime Minister emphasized that this is a very important dike, investing nearly 7 km of dike to reduce offshore waves is very necessary to prevent the situation. Coastal erosion is becoming more and more serious, ensuring the safety of life and property of about 600.000 households and State assets, protecting nearly 54.000 hectares of natural land, including about 43.000 hectares of arable land. of 4 coastal districts and towns.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to urgently arrange capital for this important project, including research to use reserve resources in 2024.
*Surveying the planned location for the construction of the seaport and the Go Cong sea area restoration area, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed the idea of expanding this development space; Require Tien Giang province to coordinate with relevant sectors and agencies to prepare specific plans and projects to submit to competent authorities for consideration.
The Prime Minister requested that the construction of this seaport and economic area must be consistent with the general planning of the province, the Mekong Delta region and the seaport planning of the whole country; Research the factors of connection and connectivity in terms of transportation and logistics services with the region and the whole country; serving the import and export of goods not only for Tien Giang province but the whole region. The Prime Minister noted the need to build projects, call for and mobilize resources, and deploy them in the form of public-private cooperation.
