Lang Son removes many obstacles to disburse public investment capital

Lang Son Department of Planning and Investment assessed that in the first 6 months of the year, investors have made many efforts in disbursing capital but there are still many problems causing progress to not meet expectations.

Among them, the obstacles that directly affect the progress of disbursement of public investment capital are slow site clearance; difficulties in collecting land use fees to arrange for projects; obstacles in land use planning; investors are confused in carrying out bidding procedures for projects under the new Bidding Law due to many changes in the guiding documents...

Contractor mobilizes vehicles to carry out road paving for the project to upgrade National Highway 4B, section km 3+700 to km 18, at km 6. Photo: Lang Son Newspaper

Of the 38 transitional projects managed by provincial agencies, 8 projects are behind schedule due to problems with site clearance and design adjustments. Nine new national target projects managed by provincial agencies have not yet started construction due to problems with master plan, investment procedures, and disbursement targets. Of the 8 new projects using concentrated public investment capital managed by provincial agencies, only one project has started construction, while the remaining 7 projects are behind schedule in completing investment procedures and have problems with bidding according to the new Bidding Law...

With 5 key projects of the province using public investment capital and one project invested in the form of public-private partnership with support from the State budget, the progress has not met the requirements. Of which, 3/5 projects are behind schedule due to site clearance; one project lacks the traffic land target.

The Department of Planning and Investment said that the total public investment capital in 2024 of the whole province is 3,449 billion VND. In the first 6 months of the year, the units assigned to be investors have disbursed 1,128 billion VND, equivalent to 33% of the assigned capital plan (equivalent to the same period in 2023). From now until the end of the year, the capital needed to be disbursed is 2,321 billion VND.

Ms. Hua Thi Hang, Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Investment, said that the unit has advised the Provincial People's Committee to establish 3 inspection teams for key projects in the province and in the districts; organize meetings to evaluate disbursement results for investors in the whole province on a monthly and quarterly basis and regularly review and request units to register disbursement plans on a monthly basis. At the same time, the Department also regularly supports investors and coordinates with other departments to advise the Provincial People's Committee to remove difficulties and obstacles related to investment procedures and capital regulation for project implementation.

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