Proposing 6 specific mechanisms to speed up urban railway projects

At the 9th extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly, scheduled to open on February 12, the National Assembly will consider a resolution to pilot a number of specific mechanisms and policies to develop the urban railway system in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Draft Resolution standardizes 6 groups of specific and special mechanisms and policies with the following specific goals:

Policy Group 1 on capital mobilization: Focus on capital mobilization to invest in urban railway network system. Be flexible in allocating capital from central and local budgets, ODA capital, preferential loans, ensuring project implementation progress, and performing some investment preparation tasks in advance.

Policy group 2 on investment implementation procedures and processes: Shorten project implementation progress from the project preparation stage; decentralize and delegate authority in project appraisal and approval; remove obstacles in construction norms and unit prices; shorten the time for organizing contractor selection; create a mechanism for payment capital sources.

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Policy group 3 on TOD model development: Applying planning solutions to develop urban areas associated with urban railway traffic, effectively exploiting land funds around stations, and improving the efficiency of investment in urban railway development.

Policy Group 4 on railway industry development, technology transfer and training: Regulations on specific contents on selection and application of standards and norms for urban railway lines; development of science, technology and training for human resource development; industrial development and technology transfer.

Policy group 5 on construction materials and dumping sites: Reduce procedures, implement decentralization, ensure adequate and timely supply of construction materials and dumping sites to serve urban railway projects and urban railway projects following the TOD model.

Policy Group 6 on policies specifically applied to Ho Chi Minh City : Regulations on contents similar to those in the Capital Law for Ho Chi Minh City on revenues in the TOD area; loan forms and total outstanding loans. And applying standards and criteria for selecting investors for TOD projects; decentralization and delegation of authority to appraise and approve environmental impact assessment reports, in order to create similar mechanisms and policies between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on priority for urban railways.

These policy groups have been mentioned in the Project on developing the urban railway network system in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, inheriting the policies in the Capital Law and the policies in the National Assembly's Resolution on the investment policy for high-speed railways on the North-South axis.

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