Quang Tri adjusts capital for the project of the road connecting to the airport

During the process of preparing the feasibility study report for the Project of the Road connecting Quang Tri Airport with National Highway 1, the implementation costs were assessed to have increased compared to the initial estimate.

The project of the route connecting Quang Tri Airport with National Highway 1 was approved by the People's Council of Quang Tri province on December 9, 2021. The project was assigned by the Provincial People's Committee to the Quang Tri Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board as the investor, in order to support investors in building Quang Tri Airport, serving socio-economic development in the province.

According to the investment policy decision, the scale of the Project includes: the route connecting Quang Tri Airport from National Highway 1 to the coastal road with a length of 11.5 km. In Phase I, the Project invests in the connecting route from Quang Tri Airport to National Highway 1 with a length of 4.3 km according to the standard of a grade III plain road. The project has a total investment of 89.6 billion VND, of which the central budget supports the target of 40.6 billion VND and the provincial budget capital of 49 billion VND.

Regarding the project implementation status, in September 2023, the Quang Tri Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board approved the survey, design and cost estimate tasks for investment preparation work to prepare the project feasibility study report. In October 2023, the Management Board approved the Contractor Selection Plan for project investment preparation work; in November 2023, approved the contractor selection results for Package No. 01 consulting on survey and preparation of project feasibility study report.

The Quang Tri Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board said that during the process of implementing survey consultancy and preparing feasibility study reports, the prices of materials, fuel, labor and compensation for site clearance support have increased, so choosing an appropriate investment scale for the total investment is difficult.

According to the approved investment policy, the total investment is established based on the investment rate according to Decision No. 65/QD-BXD dated January 20, 2021 of the Ministry of Construction on promulgating the investment rate for construction works and the total construction price of structural components of works in 2020. However, the investment policy has not mentioned the approval of the planning of the connection point with National Highway 1 at Km750+304; it has not taken into account the solution to handle weak ground and the time waiting for subsidence.

Currently, the investment capital has changed, fuel prices, material prices, labor prices and compensation prices for site clearance have increased much more than the prices in 2020. Based on the direction of the People's Committee of Quang Tri province, the Quang Tri Provincial Investment and Construction Project Management Board has prepared a report proposing an adjusted investment policy for the Project of the Road connecting Quang Tri Airport with National Highway 1.

According to the proposed adjustment of the new investment policy, the total investment of the Project is increased to 147.4 billion VND, of which the central budget supports with a target of 67 billion VND, the provincial budget capital is 80.39 billion VND. Regarding the scale of adjustment, to maintain the land fund according to the planning scale (cross-section width of 48.5 m), the investment plan will be applied from 2 sides and each side will have 1 branch road according to the standard of a level VI plain road... The Project implementation period is proposed to be adjusted from 2022 - 2025 to 2023-2026 (4 years).

“The project will not begin until 2023, and the connection of the branch road to the National Highway at Km750+304 is awaiting the opinion of the Ministry of Transport. On the other hand, the road has soft soil treated by the method of embankment with a settlement waiting time of about 8 months,” explained the Quang Tri Province Investment and Construction Project Management Board.

According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Director of the Quang Tri Province Construction Investment Project Management Board, the Management Board has completed the documents and sent a report proposing the project's adjusted investment policy to the Department of Transport, the unit assigned by the Provincial People's Committee to prepare and internally appraise the report.

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