Construction progress of Tuyen Quang Expressway

The Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway project, the section passing through Tuyen Quang province, is entering a fierce construction phase with the goal of completing on schedule.

Take advantage of sunny days to work

In early March, the atmosphere on the Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang expressway construction site was extremely hectic. Visiting package 19, being constructed by Truong Son Construction Corporation and Thanh Hung Investment and Construction Co., Ltd., our reporter observed dozens of workers diligently working under the scorching sun. The sounds of excavators and road rollers echoed everywhere.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, an excavator operator for a contractor, shared: "For the past 3 weeks, the weather has been drizzling continuously, the soil is wet and does not ensure the foundation work. On rainy days, we take advantage of the opportunity to construct box culverts.

Now the weather is favorable, sunny, we started construction. The mountainous terrain is complicated, in some places we had to level the mountain, fill the soil which took a lot of time. But everyone is trying because we want the highway to be completed soon."

Urgent working atmosphere at the Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang expressway construction site.

Not only Mr. Hoa, many other workers are also trying their best to finish the project on time. However, they also face many difficulties, especially the unpredictable weather.

Mr. Tran Van Dung, a road construction worker, said: "At the construction site, it is dusty in the dry season, and muddy in the rainy season. Sometimes the construction has to be temporarily stopped because the ground is soft. But the company has arranged more machinery and mobilized more manpower to make up for the progress."

Talking to reporters, Mr. Nguyen Tien Thanh, Deputy Construction Site Commander of Truong Son Construction Corporation, informed: "Package No. 19 has a total length of 16.62km, of which 2 sections are temporarily not under construction due to project adjustments (Km3+200 - Km3+800 and Km10+215 - Km10+615).

Currently, Package 19 is leading among contractors in terms of site clearance and road construction progress. There are 105 households on the route that must be resettled, of which 101 households have drawn lots and received land; 4 households have not agreed to draw lots; 55/101 households have moved houses and handed over the land.

Mr. Nguyen Tien Thanh, Deputy Construction Site Commander of Truong Son Construction Corporation.

Regarding the construction progress, Mr. Thanh said: "Currently, the contractor has mobilized 132 pieces of machinery and equipment on the route, and arranged 19 construction teams, including: 12 teams for digging and filling the roadbed; 02 teams for blasting and breaking rocks; 02 teams for constructing the N1 bridge and Kim Phu bridge; 03 teams for manufacturing components.

The cumulative construction value reached 304.56/885.316 billion VND, reaching 34.40%. However, the contractor is still facing difficulties due to lack of soil for embankment, specifically, it is estimated that the route is short of about 800,000 cubic meters.

Difficulty in terms of premises

At package No. 20 (from Km23+00-Km43+00) under the responsibility of 168 Vietnam Construction Group Joint Stock Company - Cuong Thinh Thi Construction Investment Group Joint Stock Company, the construction of items is being accelerated and rushed to make up for the time the construction site was delayed due to the drizzly weather that has lasted for many weeks.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Pham Dac Dien, Commander of Package No. 20 said: "Taking advantage of the sunny weather, the unit deployed 19 construction teams with 242 machines and equipment and about 140 workers.

Currently, the contractor has commenced construction on 14 out of 27 pedestrian underpasses; 8 out of 14 large box culverts; 75 out of 144 prefabricated culverts of various types; excavated 364,626/472,084 m³ of unsuitable soil, reaching 77.24%; excavated 1,647,729/5,965,719 m³ of various types of roadbed soil, reaching 27.62%; filled 1,126,298/3,623,672 m³ of K95 roadbed soil, reaching 31.08%; and filled 70,878/83,926 m³ of sand for weak foundation treatment, reaching 84.45%. The value of completed construction reached 253.08/1,250.85 billion VND, achieving 20.23% of the contract value.

Machinery, equipment and workers are mobilized densely on the route to ensure progress.

According to Mr. Dien, the 20th package has received 16.5/20km of land. However, the land handed over is not continuous, "mixed", so the construction work is very difficult. Many sections of the route were handed over as embankments but the hills have not been cleared, leading to a lack of land for embankment.

"Many households have just paid for their assets on the land but have not yet paid for the land, many households have land disputes with Tan Phong Forestry, and some households have not completed the resettlement site so their families have not moved, and on the route there are still power lines crossing the route, transformer stations, and transmission towers that have not been moved... causing many difficulties for the construction work. There was a lot of rain in February, so it also significantly affected the progress and output of the construction package," Mr. Dien added.

Not only is package 20 facing problems related to land clearance, many other packages of the Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang expressway project are also in a similar situation because the section passing through Ham Yen district is entangled with many areas of forestry land.

Talking to Giao Thong Newspaper reporter, Mr. Hoang Van Hai, Deputy Director of the Traffic Construction Project Management Board of Tuyen Quang province, informed: "On the route, there are still 93 households that have approved the compensation plan but have not agreed to receive the money, and have petitions related to low compensation unit prices, lack of assets, building houses on agricultural land without compensation...; 162 households have not approved the compensation plan related to Sub-project 1 and Sub-project 2, which exceed the total investment level and must adjust the Sub-project.

Regarding the issue related to land originating from Forestry Companies, land under Programs 327 and 661 in Ham Yen district; 184 households that have relocated and resettled have not yet handed over the land because the land and procedures for land allocation and issuance of land use right certificates to households have not been completed... creating 65 bottlenecks, especially for major bottlenecks related to land of Forestry Companies in Ham Yen district.

According to Mr. Hoang Van Hai, Deputy Director of the Project Management Board for Investment and Construction of Transportation Projects in Tuyen Quang province, many sections of the route are still facing land acquisition issues.

With such a large number of problems, this person believes that the resolution time will be very long if the resolution plan is not synchronous and timely.

"If we don't focus on resolving these issues completely, we won't be able to complete 100% of the land clearance work to hand over to the contractor for construction in the first quarter of 2025 as directed by the Provincial People's Committee. This will greatly affect the construction progress, making it very difficult to supervise and direct the construction, and there is a risk that the project will fall behind schedule," Mr. Hai added.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/tien-do-thi-cong-cao-toc-tuyen-quang-ha-giang-doan-qua-tinh-tuyen-quang-hien-ra-sao-192250306181855006.htm