Quang Ngai focuses on removing obstacles and promoting disbursement of public investment capital

Quang Ngai province is focusing on removing obstacles in terms of land and construction to ensure disbursement of 80% of public investment capital in 2024.

Capital disbursement is an important political task.

According to the report of the Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Ngai, by November 30, the whole province had disbursed over 2,300 billion VND, equal to 33% of the capital plan assigned in 2024. This is a rather modest figure compared to previous years. Therefore, the task of disbursing public investment capital in the remaining time is an urgent requirement.

The Hoang Sa - Doc Soi road project is stuck in land clearance, so the construction progress is slow, leading to the capital disbursement rate not reaching expectations.

It is known that of the more than 2,300 billion disbursed, the local budget source is 1,771 billion VND (equal to 34% of the plan), the central budget source is 529 billion VND (equal to 28% of the plan).

Records in Quang Ngai show that, in addition to the group of projects invested by a number of departments, branches and districts, most of the capital is focused on breakthrough projects and works, which are key projects of this province in the current period.

Accordingly, in projects such as Dung Quat - Sa Huynh coastal road; Thach Bich - Tinh Phong bridge approach road; Tra Khuc 3 bridge; Anti-erosion embankment on the North bank of Tra Khuc river; Hoang Sa - Doc Soi road... With a total investment capital of about 7,000 billion VND.

However, these projects are currently facing difficulties due to problems in compensation and site clearance. This has led to difficulties in organizing the construction of the projects and disbursement not meeting the plan set out at the beginning of the year.

For example, the Hoang Sa - Doc Soi road project has an investment capital of 3,500 billion VND. The capital plan for 2024 is more than 762 billion VND. However, up to now, the construction progress has only reached about 6% of the contract value.

According to the Quang Ngai Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board, the reason for the slow progress of the project is due to problems in compensation and site clearance when only 32/164 hectares of clean land was handed over.

At the meeting to discuss solutions for disbursing public investment capital on December 2, Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee Tran Phuoc Hien requested that investors, including departments, branches, agencies and units, urgently develop detailed capital disbursement plans for each project; at the same time, coordinate with local authorities to strengthen propaganda and mobilization to create consensus, so that people in the project area cooperate, receive compensation and hand over the site to serve project construction.

Quang Ngai province requires all levels of sectors to consider capital disbursement as an important political task of the province from now until the end of the year.

"Investors have identified focusing on accelerating the implementation progress and disbursement of works and projects as one of the top political tasks from now until the end of 2024," Mr. Hien directed.

Highest investment disbursement effort

In 2024, Quang Ngai's total public investment plan is allocated more than 6,900 billion VND. This capital is allocated to invest in 49 transitional projects, 2 projects preparing for investment, and 29 new projects. To date, the province has allocated nearly 5,700 billion VND to investors, with the remaining 1,200 billion VND unallocated due to a lack of revenue from some assigned targets.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Ngai, the disbursement rate of public investment capital is low due to problems with site clearance, with major impacts from changes and adjustments to the provisions of the Land Law. These changes have led to localities in the province being slow in issuing land prices and approving compensation plans, leading to slow site clearance.

To increase the disbursement rate of public investment capital, Quang Ngai province is directing investors to resolutely and focus their efforts on implementing many solutions. Regularly organize site inspections to speed up the construction progress of projects; conduct acceptance and prepare payment records as soon as the volume is completed. Do not allow harassment or difficulties for contractors in the process of preparing advance payment records and payment records; strictly handle cases of contractors violating the progress and quality of the contract.

At the meeting to discuss disbursement solutions on December 2, investors discussed and proposed solutions as well as recommended the province to remove difficulties and obstacles, including speeding up compensation and site clearance work, creating favorable conditions for investors to speed up the implementation of works and projects.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Phuoc Hien requested relevant departments, branches, agencies and localities to be more determined and make more efforts in disbursing public investment capital, focusing on removing difficulties and obstacles in site clearance, creating favorable conditions for investors to implement construction works and projects.

"In the past time, agencies, units, localities and investors have made efforts in disbursing public investment capital, but the results have not yet met requirements, so we need to be more determined and make more efforts, with new solutions, new thinking and new ways of doing things," Mr. Hien directed.

Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee Tran Phuoc Hien requested investors to focus on disbursing public investment capital at the highest level.

According to Mr. Hien, the units must identify compensation and site clearance as an important bottleneck in project implementation, so they must focus on leadership and close direction to remove and handle obstacles, gain consensus from the people to hand over the site to organize project construction, speed up disbursement progress, especially for projects such as Hoang Sa - Doc Soi road, the road connecting Thach Bich bridge to Tinh Phong.

Agencies, units and localities shall plan specific disbursement for each project from now until the end of the year. On that basis, the Department of Planning and Investment shall synthesize and advise the Provincial People's Committee to promptly handle related problems to complete the disbursement target.

"The Department of Planning and Investment will work specifically with investors who are implementing projects using transitional capital to ensure that capital is not returned. Thereby, increasing the disbursement rate of public investment capital in 2024 to the highest possible level, creating a premise for the implementation of the public investment plan in 2025 to be smooth and effective," Mr. Hien directed.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/quang-ngai-tap-trung-thao-go-vuong-mac-day-manh-giai-ngan-von-dau-tu-cong-192241202183142875.htm