Racing to speed up the progress of PPP transport projects

Along with the ongoing PPP transport projects, many new projects are also speeding up the preparation of investment procedures to start construction.

Efforts to open two routes by 2025

More than a year since the groundbreaking date, countless days have passed since the leadership of Deo Ca Group (the leading investor consortium) and the advisory board have been working hard at the Dong Dang - Tra Linh project site to grasp the reality and promptly come up with suitable construction plans.

Construction of Dong Dang - Tra Linh project.

Mr. Duong Duc Tuan, Director of the project enterprise, said that on the approximately 84km of land that has been handed over, contractors are simultaneously deploying 71 construction teams, more than 1,500 personnel and more than 700 motorbikes and equipment.

As of March 2025, the project output has reached nearly VND 2,000 billion, equivalent to 19% of the contract value.

Taking advantage of favorable weather, construction teams are continuing "3 shifts, 4 crews" to open the route in 2025.

With the goal of opening the route this year, the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang expressway project is also being focused on accelerating progress.

According to the project company representative, 41 construction teams, more than 1,000 personnel and more than 500 machines and equipment are being mobilized along the entire route. The construction output reached 775 billion VND, equivalent to nearly 12% of the contract value, basically meeting the set schedule.

Another project started in April

Exactly one week after the Vietnam Road Administration sent a document requesting to speed up the selection of investors for the Dau Giay - Tan Phu expressway project, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, Head of the General Planning Department, Thang Long Project Management Board, said that he had completed the evaluation of the investors' bidding documents and submitted them to the Ministry of Construction for consideration.

According to information from the Vietnam Road Administration (Ministry of Construction), before the PPP Law was promulgated (2020), the whole country had mobilized about 318,857 billion VND to invest in 140 BOT traffic projects. Of which, the Ministry of Construction managed 66 projects, and localities managed 74 projects.

After the PPP Law took effect, there were 17 projects under construction and in the process of preparing investment procedures under the public-private partnership model. Of which, the Ministry of Construction is the competent authority for 1 project (Dau Giay - Tan Phu).

After the Ministry has approved the decision, the Vietnam Road Administration will be authorized to negotiate and sign the contract with the investor.

The procedures will be completed to start the project in April 2025. At the time of bidding, there was a consortium of investors consisting of 2 participating enterprises submitting documents.

Located on the Dau Giay - Lien Khuong expressway axis, the Tan Phu - Bao Loc expressway project is also urgently completing the final procedures, moving towards selecting an investor for implementation.

The leader of the Department of Economics - Construction Investment Management (Ministry of Construction) said that the People's Committee of Lam Dong province has completed the procedures for assigning investors to propose projects to prepare feasibility study reports and assign responsibilities to departments, branches and sectors.

Up to now, the documents of the feasibility study report step (environmental impact assessment, forest use conversion...) have been submitted to relevant ministries and branches for review, appraisal and approval.

Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee has also completed the procedure to survey the interest of investors and lenders in the project.

Accordingly, 1 interested investor submitted an application. The province has planned and added 7 material mines and directed relevant agencies to review and advise on mining licensing procedures according to specific mechanisms.

Adjacent to Tan Phu - Bao Loc route, Bao Loc - Lien Khuong project also completed the feasibility study report to submit to competent authorities.

The Ministry of Construction informed that the work in the project preparation phase and the preparation for the groundbreaking ceremony are being carried out in parallel by the Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee.

Based on the approved investment policy, Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee has issued a document agreeing in principle to assign the joint venture of investors proposing the project (Joint venture T&T Group - FUTA Group - Phuong Thanh) to prepare a feasibility study report.

The province has also assigned the People's Committees of districts and cities where the project passes through to prepare and proactively implement site clearance sub-projects.

Mr. Vu Duc Nhan, Deputy General Director of Phuong Thanh Transport Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company said: "We are ready to submit bidding documents with the units in the consortium immediately after the feasibility study report is approved."

Removing difficulties in terms of premises and materials

Assessing that there is not much time left from now until the opening of the route (end of 2025), the leader of the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang project enterprise said that although the land in Lang Son province has reached nearly 80% of the area that needs to be recovered, some areas still face problems due to overlapping of the area paid since 2018 with the new addition.

In addition, many locations have perennial trees planted on production forest land, making compensation difficult due to unit price differences (about 15 - 20 times higher).

That requires local authorities to strengthen propaganda and mobilize people to receive compensation according to the provisional decision, and promptly complete the approval of compensation and resettlement support plans in the first quarter of 2025.

Similarly, at the Dong Dang - Tra Linh project, on the total length of the land received of about 84km with many locations still "unfinished", the project enterprise also proposed that the locality hand over the clean land in the first quarter; speed up the procedures for adding material mines and dumping sites. These are prerequisites for the route to be opened in 2025.

Although not officially implemented, land and materials are also two major problems identified by the Thang Long Project Management Board.

Besides the risk of land acquisition, when all 3 projects: Dau Giay - Tan Phu, Tan Phu - Bao Loc and Bao Loc - Lien Khuong are implemented, the demand for materials may increase suddenly, causing a shortage of stone materials and high prices.

"In the Dau Giay - Tan Phu project area, there are currently no licensed mines in operation, only mines in the planning.

During implementation, the source of soil materials may be delayed if licensing procedures take a long time," said Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, Head of the General Planning Department (Thang Long Project Management Board).

The Huu Nghi - Chi Lang border gate expressway project is 60km long, including: Huu Nghi - Chi Lang expressway is 43km long, with 4 lanes and the route connecting Tan Thanh border gate and Coc Nam border gate is 17km long, with 2 lanes. The total investment is over 11,000 billion VND, expected to open to traffic in 2025 and be completed in 2026.

The Dong Dang - Tra Linh Expressway Project Phase 1 has a total length of more than 93km through the two provinces of Lang Son and Cao Bang.

Phase 1, the roadbed width of normal sections is 17m, 4 limited lanes, difficult sections are invested with a scale of 2 complete lanes, roadbed width of 13.5m.

The project has a total investment of 14,167 billion VND, expected to open to traffic in 2025 and be put into synchronous operation in 2026.

The Dau Giay - Tan Phu Expressway project has a total length of more than 60km located in Dong Nai province. The total investment is nearly 9,000 billion VND, expected to be completed in 2027.

The Tan Phu - Bao Loc expressway project has a total length of about 66km through the two provinces of Dong Nai and Lam Dong, with a total investment of about 17,200 billion VND, and is expected to be completed in 2026.

Bao Loc - Lien Khuong Expressway Project (Phase 1) has a total length of nearly 74km located in Lam Dong province, with a total investment of more than 18,500 billion VND, expected to be completed and put into operation in 2027.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/dua-tien-do-cac-du-an-ppp-giao-thong-192250327215849766.htm