Speeding up the implementation steps of the Ninh Binh

On the morning of June 25, comrade Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired a conference on investment preparation and site clearance for the Ninh Binh - Hai Phong Expressway Construction Investment Project, section passing through Ninh Binh province.

Conference scene.

Also attending were leaders of relevant departments and branches; leaders of Yen Mo and Yen Khanh districts.

The Ninh Binh-Hai Phong expressway construction investment project, the section through Ninh Binh province, has a length of 25.3km; the starting point is at Mai Son intersection connecting with the North-South expressway in the East (in Mai Son commune, Yen Mo district), the end point is at the Day River overpass connecting the two provinces of Ninh Binh and Nam Dinh (in Khanh Cuong commune, Yen Khanh district). With a scale of 4 complete lanes with a design speed of 120km/h, the roadbed width is nearly 25m, the road surface width is 15m.

At the conference, delegates from departments, branches and localities reported on the progress of investment preparation and site clearance for the Project. Accordingly, regarding investment preparation, the Department of Transport is currently actively directing the consulting unit to complete the feasibility study report, the dossier components have been fully established, and are preparing to submit to the Vietnam Expressway Administration for appraisal; the location of the excess material dumping site and the reserve of colored soil has also been basically selected.

Regarding site clearance, currently, most of the land area planned to be recovered for the project has been included in the planning and land use plan. The procedures for converting rice land use purposes have basically met the conditions for establishment. Regarding the implementation of resettlement areas, after receiving the instructions and comments of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the working group during the field inspection on June 24, Yen Mo and Yen Khanh districts are coordinating with the consulting unit to urgently edit and complete for appraisal and approval.

Also within the framework of the conference, some difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing the Project were also raised by departments, branches and localities. Specifically: Due to the lack of boundary markers, the locality has no basis to accurately determine the number of households affected by the project that need to be relocated and resettled; the construction of costs for exploiting materials from material mines according to the current specific mechanism is very difficult; the order, procedures and time for approving environmental impact assessment reports are complicated.

In addition, the conference also spent a lot of time for delegates to contribute ideas to Yen Khanh and Yen Mo districts to complete the planning of 11 resettlement areas, ensuring quality and consistency.

Concluding the working session, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Quang Ngoc emphasized that the Ninh Binh - Hai Phong Expressway Construction Investment Project is a major national key project of special significance, receiving attention from all levels from central to local levels, and Ninh Binh identifies this as a key political task of the province. Recognizing the efforts and sharing the difficulties of the sectors and localities, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that they continue to take more drastic and closer action; the motto is "to what extent, to what extent", ensuring clear assignment of people, work, solutions, time, progress, and responsibilities.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that to speed up the project's progress, the key point is to do a good job of site clearance. Therefore, localities need to pay special attention to this issue, how to solve it thoroughly, reasonably, emotionally, ensure proper legal procedures and more importantly, gain the support of the people.

Regarding the planning of resettlement areas, this is a big and difficult issue. He suggested that the two districts of Yen Mo and Yen Khanh need to carefully calculate and discuss the location and scale; closely follow the standards as well as future development requirements to calculate and build appropriately, ensuring the overall planning of the region and locality, avoiding waste. In addition, it is also necessary to consider so that these resettlement area plans are consistent with the new rural planning. In particular, it is necessary to consistently hold the view that the resettlement area must be better and more beautiful than the old place of residence.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed that the Ninh Binh - Hai Phong Expressway Construction Investment Project is an important project, creating new momentum, and is the basis for the province to attract investors in many fields, especially urban development, industry, trade and services in the future. At the same time, he requested Yen Mo and Yen Khanh districts where the project passes through to closely coordinate with relevant departments, branches, and consulting units to absorb opinions at the conference, correct inappropriate contents and items, and urgently complete steps to ensure the project starts in 2024.

Nguyen Luu-Anh Tuan