Reviving a series of "suspended" transportation projects for decades

Stuck with a few households, the project "froze"

Over the past years, many large and small projects in Ho Chi Minh City have been sluggish and prolonged due to problems in compensation and site clearance. Typical examples include the project to renovate Xuyen Tam canal, Hy Vong canal, Tham Luong - Ben Cat - Rach Nuoc Len canal, traffic intersections such as An Phu, My Thuy, Nguyen Van Linh - Nguyen Huu Tho underpass, etc.

A section of the project to build a new parallel road to Highway 50 is stuck at the starting point where it intersects with Nguyen Van Linh Street.

In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City plans to complete 15 key transport projects. However, some projects are still stuck in land acquisition issues.

National Highway 50 has 4.3km of new road parallel to the old route. The contractor has focused on speeding up the progress to basically complete the main route.

However, at the starting point of the project, the intersection with Nguyen Van Linh Street, there are still some households that have not been cleared. Binh Chanh District has taken drastic measures but has not yet resolved the issue completely. Therefore, the plan to put this section into operation by the end of this year is still pending.

Or the project of the road connecting Tran Quoc Hoan to the T3 terminal, the tunnel part, at the intersection of Phan Thuc Duyen - Tran Quoc Hoan streets, is almost completed. However, the inner area still has many problems.

Positive signals

On July 16, the People's Committee of Thu Duc City held a conference to collect public opinions on compensation and site clearance for two sections of the Ring Road 2. Construction of these two sections is expected to begin in early 2025, so site clearance work is in full swing.

The Nguyen Van Linh - Nguyen Huu Tho underpass project is about to reach the finish line after being "frozen" for 2 years.

In which, component project 1, the section from Vo Nguyen Giap street to Pham Van Dong street, is more than 2.4km long, the reclaimed area is 13.49ha, a total of 255 households are affected. Component project 2, the section from Phu Huu bridge to Vo Nguyen Giap street is more than 3.5km long, the reclaimed area is more than 47ha and 889 households, organizations and businesses are affected.

Mr. Mai Huu Quyet, Vice Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee, said that the city plans to allocate 8,000 billion VND for the project, so people will soon receive compensation to stabilize their lives.

This is a positive sign because the project has not been implemented yet but the site clearance work has been one step ahead. This is different from previous years, when many projects were implemented while waiting for the site, leading to a delay in time and increased capital.

At the Nguyen Van Linh - Nguyen Huu Tho intersection, the contractor has been busy working on the HC2 tunnel branch in recent days. The tunnel has been opened from one side to the other, and is being completed to be put into operation at the end of August. Previously, this project was "frozen" for 2 years due to land acquisition problems and the water pipe infrastructure system could not be relocated.

Maximum support for people

Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, Director of the HCM City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board (Traffic Board) said that if there is a site, the Board will coordinate with the contractor to complete the construction in a few months. Typically, after the Nam Ly, Rach Dia, Phuoc Long bridges were handed over, the contractor mobilized human resources and equipment for construction and could complete it by the end of this year.

Mr. Phuc recalled that when the Traffic Department was established (in 2019), the unit received about 50 projects that had been delayed for a long time due to land issues. Among these, there were projects that had lasted for 5-10 years, even 20 years such as: Long Kieng Bridge, Phuoc Loc, Rach Dia, Nam Ly...

After many efforts, up to now, 40 projects have completed site clearance and are accelerating construction to complete by the end of 2024 and early 2025.

Talking about the coordination with local authorities in site clearance, Mr. Luong Minh Phuc said that investors must work together with local authorities to be able to quickly complete site clearance.

"Information is updated daily, today this house was demolished, people in that house are being supported; contractors are being mobilized to transport people's belongings to new places, support people in difficulty...

Many districts have even set up design consulting teams, given new house design drawings, and exempted land acquisition fees for reissuing land use certificates... for people. All of these have accelerated the clearance of projects. When there is a project, the Board mobilizes contractors to get involved quickly, speeding up construction to complete it in the shortest time, from 6 to 8 months," said Mr. Phuc.

Apply policies that benefit the people

Go Vap is a district with many large urban and traffic projects under implementation. Among them, there are projects with very good disbursement of land acquisition capital such as the Tham Luong - Ben Cat canal project reaching 93%, upgrading Duong Quang Ham street reaching 94%, Hang Ngoai bridge reaching 100%...

Mr. Do Anh Khang, Vice Chairman of Go Vap District, shared the district’s experience in maximizing beneficial policies for the people in the work of reclaiming and compensating for land and construction areas. At the same time, grasp the difficulties of each specific household to have different solutions.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/tphcm-hoi-sinh-loat-du-an-giao-thong-treo-hang-thap-ky-192240718214249646.htm