Investing 1,875 billion VND to "upgrade" Tuyen Quang Expressway

Investing 1,875 billion VND to "upgrade" Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang expressway, section through Ha Giang

The Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang expressway section, the section through Ha Giang, is 27.48 km long and is being built with a scale of 2 lanes and will be upgraded to a standard 4-lane scale.

Construction of Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway Project (phase 1), section through Ha Giang province. (Photo: Ha Giang Newspaper).

The Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Giang province has just signed Document No. 05/TTr - UBND to the Prime Minister on the investment policy to complete the scale of 4 lanes, Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway Project (phase 1), section through Ha Giang province.

Accordingly, the People's Committee of Ha Giang province proposed the head of the Government to approve the adjustment of the Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway Project (phase 1), the section passing through Ha Giang province, expanding it to a scale that meets the standards of 4 lanes with a route length of 27.48 km, with a total investment after adjustment of 5,073 billion VND.

Of which, Phase 1 Project (2 lanes) has approved 3,198 billion VND; the complete expansion phase to 4 lanes is 1,875 billion VND.

The provincial leaders also proposed that the Government support Ha Giang province with an additional central budget of VND 2,500 billion to implement the Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway Project (phase 1), the section through Ha Giang province (in which: support for phase 1 has decided to invest VND 1,000 billion and support for the phase of complete expansion to 4 lanes is VND 1,500 billion).

The Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway Project (Phase 1) has been put into implementation in the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program according to Resolution No. 43/2022/QH15 of the National Assembly on fiscal and monetary policies to support the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program.

Phase 1 of the Project aims to invest in a 104 km long, 2-lane expressway running through Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang provinces.

In particular, the section in Ha Giang province has a length of 27.48 km (the starting point of the project is adjacent to Tuyen Quang province; the end point of the project is in Tan Quang commune, Bac Quang district, Ha Giang province). The Prime Minister assigned the People's Committee of Ha Giang province to be the project management agency.

The project has been approved by the People's Council of Ha Giang province in its investment policy in Resolution No. 30/NQ-HDND dated August 25, 2022; the People's Committee of Ha Giang province decided to invest in the project in Decision No. 2198/QD-UBND dated December 5, 2022 with a scale of 2 lanes, roadbed width of 12m; the scope of site clearance is according to the scope of construction of a complete 4-lane expressway according to the Road Network Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

Currently, the Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway Project (Phase 1), the section passing through Ha Giang province, has started construction in May 2023. Contractors have mobilized human resources, machinery, equipment, supplies, materials, overtime, and increased shifts to deploy construction, striving to open the entire route by January 31, 2024; the project is expected to be completed before May 19, 2025.

According to the plan, the local budget must ensure 2,044 billion VND for the project. Because Ha Giang province is one of the poorest and most disadvantaged provinces in the country, the local budget revenue is small and unsustainable, the self-balancing rate is low, mainly receiving additional funds from the central budget, on the other hand, the land use fee collection is not possible due to the decline of the real estate market (to complete the project, the province has focused on mobilizing all resources for the project, about 1,000 billion VND).

Ha Giang provincial leaders said that the project is currently short of 1,100 billion VND, beyond the balance and arrangement capacity of the provincial budget.

Regarding the completion of the Project on a 4-lane scale, the People's Committee of Ha Giang province said that when implementing phase 1, the Project implemented the roadbed of the sections on a 4-lane expressway scale with a total length of 12.48/27.48 km.

Thus, the length of the route that must be expanded to accommodate 4 complete lanes is 15 km. The total estimated investment for this 15 km expansion is 1,875 billion VND (construction cost 1,400 billion VND; project management and consulting costs 168 billion VND; contingency costs 307 billion VND. Compensation and site clearance costs have been completed in phase 1).

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