The Ministry of Transport has just issued a document responding to the petition of voters in Phu Tho province regarding the project to build the Tuyen Quang - Phu Tho expressway connecting with the Noi Bai - Lao Cai expressway.

Specifically, voters in Phu Tho province said that the Tuyen Quang - Phu Tho expressway construction project connecting with Noi Bai - Lao Cai expressway is invested by the Tuyen Quang Province Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board. The project will be put into use and exploited from the end of 2023.

During the construction process, the investor and construction units used local roads to serve the construction. However, the repair and restoration of local roads have not been thoroughly addressed by the investor and construction units.

Up to now, many roads in Doan Hung district have been severely damaged, sewers and ditches are blocked and cannot drain water... causing flooding and difficulties in the lives of people in the area where Tuyen Quang - Phu Tho expressway passes through.

Therefore, voters requested the Ministry of Transport to direct investors and units participating in construction to inspect and have a solution.

Responding to this proposal, the Ministry of Transport said that the project to build the Tuyen Quang - Phu Tho expressway connecting with the Noi Bai - Lao Cai expressway is invested by the People's Committee of Tuyen Quang province and implemented by the Management Board of Investment and Construction Projects of Traffic Works of Tuyen Quang province.

Regarding the repair and construction of local roads, the Ministry of Transport said that according to the report of the Management Board of Investment and Construction Projects of Transport Works of Tuyen Quang province, during the construction process, the contractor used a number of existing residential roads of 4 communes (Yen Kien, Tieu Son, Minh Tien and Van Du) in Doan Hung district to serve the construction.

After completion, the investor and contractors have restored the residential roads in the three communes of Yen Kien, Tieu Son and Minh Tien.

Particularly in Van Du commune, the project uses inter-commune roads in Tan Thanh area to transport equipment and materials.

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Voters reported that local roads were severely damaged and had not been repaired by the Tuyen Quang - Phu Tho expressway construction unit. Photo: Hoang Minh

“Currently, the cement concrete road surface is damaged and cracked with a length of about 700m. However, due to difficulties in site clearance, the project still has to use inter-commune roads to complete some sections of the residential road, so the repair and restoration of the existing road has not been carried out.

Immediately after completing the construction of the residential road, the investor will direct the contractor to repair and restore the local road according to the commitment," the Ministry of Transport informed.

Regarding damaged sewers and ditches that are blocked and do not drain water: According to the report of the Management Board of Investment and Construction Projects of Traffic Works in Tuyen Quang Province, from the end of March until now, in Phu Tho and Tuyen Quang provinces, there has been heavy and prolonged rain, causing erosion in some locations, drainage ditches, sewers, and irrigation canals being buried by soil, affecting people's roads and crop fields...

"The investor has directed the contractor to urgently carry out basic repairs after each rain. To completely resolve this issue, the investor is directing the addition of an irrigation canal system to ensure drainage downstream of the culvert works so as not to affect adjacent technical infrastructure works as well as the daily life and production of the people," the Ministry of Transport informed.