Will Ho Chi Minh City establish a management board to speed up the progress of traffic projects?

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs proposed to add 2 specialized project management boards to speed up disbursement of public investment capital.

On November 15, information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs said that the unit has just submitted a proposal to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on the policy of establishing two more specialized project management boards to implement key projects. and large-scale projects under Resolution No. 98.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs has proposed establishing two more specialized project management boards to promote key projects. Photo: My Quynh

According to the Department of Home Affairs, in comparison with legal bases, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has the authority to establish affiliated public service units and decide on the number of specialized construction investment project management boards.

In particular, the city needs to strengthen a specialized Transport Construction Investment Project Management Board and a specialized PPP Construction Investment Project Management Board.

Previously, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport stated that the establishment of a specialized transport project management board was very necessary. The reason was that the Transport Construction Investment Project Management Board under the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee was the investor of a very large number of projects; many important national projects... but the disbursement rate was low.

The Department of Planning and Investment of the City agrees on the necessity of establishing a project management board for investment in construction of works with mixed functions for PPP projects. The specific scope of implementation of the management board will be proposed in detail by the Department of Planning and Investment in coordination with other departments, branches and sectors during the research process.

Regarding the issue of public investment disbursement, in the first 9 months of 2024, Ho Chi Minh City only achieved 20.2% of the plan. In particular, many current project management boards have low disbursement rates.

Specifically, the Project Management Board for Investment in Construction of Civil and Industrial Works has a disbursement rate of 8.6%, the Project Management Board for Investment in Construction of Traffic Works has 19.7%, the Project Management Board for Investment in Construction of Urban Infrastructure has 7.9%, the Management Board for Urban Railways of Ho Chi Minh City has 17.1% and the Management Board for High-Tech Agricultural Zone has 0.5%.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/tphcm-se-lap-ban-quan-ly-day-nhanh-tien-do-cac-du-an-giao-thong-192241115172744505.htm