Dong Ha speeds up disbursement of public investment capital

At the meeting on public investment in the first 3 months of the year, discussing solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital in the remaining months of 2024 of the locality, Vice Chairman of Dong Ha City People's Committee Pham Van Dung requested agencies and units to consider this an urgent and important task to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital.

Many projects using public investment capital in Dong Ha City are being urgently constructed - Photo: TT

In 2024, the total planned investment capital of Dong Ha City is over 366.1 billion VND. By the end of March 2024, the total allocated capital reached over 299.4 billion VND, of which the central budget supported the target of over 5.4 billion VND; the provincial budget was nearly 53 billion VND; the national target program for sustainable poverty reduction was 2.5 billion VND and the city budget was nearly 238.5 billion VND.

Identifying the implementation of public investment plans as an important task, contributing to the completion of urban infrastructure, promoting socio-economic development, from the beginning of the year, the City People's Committee has directed and resolutely managed this work.

Strengthening the organization of meetings to grasp the situation, conducting field inspections and promptly directing the handling of problems of each specific project to speed up the implementation progress, but the disbursement progress has not met the requirements. The disbursement of public investment capital in Dong Ha is generally low, in the first quarter of 2024, nearly 55.9 billion VND/299.4 billion VND was disbursed, reaching 18.65%.

According to the report of the city authorities, the low disbursement rate of public investment capital is due to the scarcity of land for filling, which has caused many difficulties for construction contractors; some contractors are constructing many projects at the same time, leading to a shortage of machinery, labor, and materials.

The awareness and responsibility of some investors are not high, so the construction progress is slow, especially for projects that have been going on for many years and have been adjusted in investment policies by the City People's Committee. Investment preparation for some projects is still behind schedule compared to requirements. By the end of March, 13/17 new projects to start construction in 2024 had not been approved. Site clearance for some traffic projects has encountered prolonged obstacles, affecting investment efficiency and urban beautification.

To speed up the disbursement of public investment capital, the People's Committee of Dong Ha City is focusing on directing investors and project managers to proactively coordinate to resolve difficulties and obstacles in investment preparation work to soon complete approval procedures and implement new projects starting in 2024.

Research and evaluate the capacity of construction contractors and design consultants to assign appropriate number of projects to ensure quality and progress. Organize the evaluation and selection of construction contractors to ensure compliance with regulations, objectivity and transparency. Focus on accelerating the implementation progress, ensuring 100% disbursement of public investment capital in 2024, especially projects that have been stuck for many years.

Direct contractors to take advantage of favorable weather to concentrate human resources, equipment and materials to speed up the construction progress of works and projects. Resolutely handle according to the provisions of law contractors who violate the contract and delay the construction progress, are procrastinate, do not comply with the contract and the instructions of the investor...

“The important solution to speed up the disbursement of public investment capital is to promptly complete the payment acceptance documents when the project has construction volume, to avoid the situation where capital has been allocated but the completion of documents is delayed, and the disbursement rate is low.

Strictly implement the advance payment and refund of capital for basic construction according to regulations. The investor and project manager are responsible to the City People's Committee and the Chairman of the City People's Committee for the project's capital transfer, especially the capital sources arranged by the central and provincial governments.

Review and propose to competent authorities to transfer capital plans of projects that are still stuck and behind schedule to other projects in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Public Investment. Focus on implementing well the site clearance work so that investors can start construction, do not let projects wait for site clearance, especially key projects of the province and city.

City leaders will also regularly grasp the actual situation, survey and inspect works and projects to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, especially site clearance work to speed up construction progress...", Vice Chairman of Dong Ha City People's Committee Pham Van Dung said.

Following the direction of the City People's Committee, relevant agencies and units are focusing on implementing solutions. In particular, focusing on accelerating the progress of bidding for construction packages under the Central Coastal Urban Development Project towards green growth and climate change response in Dong Ha City. Accelerating the construction progress of works according to the allocated capital plan.

Focus on removing difficulties and obstacles related to land, site clearance, and resettlement arrangements. Do a good job of information and propaganda so that people clearly understand the benefits of completed works and projects, thereby creating consensus during the implementation process. Do a good job of community investment supervision, contributing to detecting and preventing violations in the construction of works and projects to ensure the investment efficiency of the state budget.

Thanh Tuyen

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