The Prime Minister assigned a specific deadline and requested thorough site clearance for key traffic projects.

Projects completed in 2025 must complete site clearance before August 30.

According to Official Dispatch No. 80 issued on August 16, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed to continue to resolutely implement, promote the highest sense of responsibility, and mobilize the entire political system to speed up the progress of site clearance for important national works and projects, key to the transport sector.

Illustration: Mai Huyen

A report from the Ministry of Transport shows that some localities are still slow in implementing compensation, resettlement support, and technical infrastructure relocation as required by the Prime Minister.

This situation affects the progress of projects, especially for projects with a required completion date of 2025 such as: the North-South Eastern Expressway phase 2021-2025, Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau, Hoa Lien - Tuy Loan, Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3, Component Project 1 and Component Project 3 of the Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot Expressway.

To complete important national projects and key transport projects on schedule, the Prime Minister requested that Secretaries and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities focus more on leading and directing agencies and units, and mobilizing the combined strength of the entire political system.

Organizations and unions such as the Fatherland Front, the People's Mobilization Committee, socio-political organizations, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union... must participate in site clearance work.

In addition, provincial leaders need to coordinate with investors to prioritize site clearance at locations that are critical to construction progress such as weak soil treatment areas, large bridge and tunnel projects, and construction access road areas.

The Prime Minister noted that for projects scheduled to be completed in 2025, localities are required to speed up the completion of resettlement areas, relocate high-voltage power lines, focus on directing the completion of site clearance work and hand over all sites to projects before August 30.

The provinces and cities of Tuyen Quang, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Da Nang, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Dong Nai, and Binh Duong directed departments, branches, and localities to mobilize maximum resources, focus on resolving difficulties and problems to recover the remaining land area and hand over the entire site.

Specifically, the projects are: North-South Expressway, Eastern phase 2021 - 2025, Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang, Hoa Lien - Tuy Loan, Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau, Ring Road 3 - Ho Chi Minh City. Especially the provinces with large remaining volume such as Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Da Nang, Tuyen Quang.

Provinces and cities focus on directing functional agencies and localities to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) to speed up progress and complete the relocation of high-voltage power lines at projects, especially in provinces with large volumes of relocation such as: Ha Tinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Hau Giang, Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh City (North-South Expressway, Eastern phase 2021 - 2025, Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot, Ring Road 3 - Ho Chi Minh City, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau).

Binh Dinh province is assigned to carry out in parallel and simultaneously the procedures for changing the purpose of forest use of the North-South expressway project in the Eastern phase 2021-2025 to hand over the site to the project immediately after the National Assembly Standing Committee approves the policy of changing the purpose of forest use.

Dak Lak province directed relevant agencies to urgently complete the exploitation and recovery of forest trees to hand over the site at the Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot project.

For the remaining projects, localities are required to speed up the completion of resettlement areas, relocate high-voltage power lines, focus on directing the completion of site clearance work and hand over the entire site for projects in 2024.

In particular, Lang Son province directed departments, branches and localities to mobilize maximum resources, focus on solving difficulties and problems to soon complete procedures related to compensation prices, approve plans, pay compensation, build resettlement areas, relocate technical infrastructure and hand over the entire site of the Huu Nghi - Chi Lang project in 2024.

The provinces of An Giang, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Bac Ninh, Cao Bang and Can Tho City have done a good job of site clearance for the following projects: Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang, Ring Road 4 - Hanoi Capital Region, Dong Dang - Tra Linh and need to continue to promote this work to hand over the entire remaining land in August 2024.

The provinces of Hung Yen, Dong Thap, Tien Giang, and Hanoi need to be more drastic, focusing on directing departments, branches, and localities to speed up the site clearance progress to hand over the Ring Road 4 - Hanoi Capital Region, Cao Lanh - An Huu projects in September 2024.

The provinces of An Giang, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Tien Giang, Lang Son, and Cao Bang are speeding up the construction of resettlement areas in the projects of Ring Road 4 - Hanoi Capital Region, An Huu - Cao Lanh, Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang, and Dong Dang - Tra Linh, to soon stabilize people's lives.

Provinces and cities direct provincial authorities and local authorities where the project passes through to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and EVN to speed up the completion of the relocation of high-voltage power lines for the Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang, Ring Road 4 - Hanoi Capital Region, Cao Lanh - An Huu (Component Project 1), and Dong Dang - Tra Linh projects.

Bac Ninh province reviews land acquisition costs, coordinates with the competent authorities of the Ring Road 4 - Hanoi Capital Region project to balance the total investment for component project 1.3, and reports to competent authorities to adjust the investment policy (if necessary) as a basis for implementing the next steps.

Concentrate resources and human resources to relocate high voltage power lines.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and EVN support investors in implementing procedures to soon complete the dossier for relocating high-voltage power lines.

EVN is responsible for urging member units to prioritize focusing on materials and human resources to relocate high-voltage power lines.

The Ministry needs to shorten the time for approving power outage plans to implement relocation, prioritizing the completion of relocation in August 2024 for projects scheduled to be completed in 2025, especially in localities with large volumes.

Specifically, Ha Tinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Hau Giang, Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh City (North-South expressway, Eastern phase 2021 - 2025, Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot, Ring Road 3 - Ho Chi Minh City, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau).

As for the Ring Road 4 - Hanoi Capital Region, Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang Expressway projects, Cao Lanh - An Huu Expressway Component 1, Dong Dang - Tra Linh Expressway Project and completion before December 31, 2024 for Huu Nghi - Chi Lang projects, Cao Lanh - An Huu Expressway Component 2 Project, it is necessary to basically complete before September 30.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/thu-tuong-giao-thoi-han-cu-the-yeu-cau-rot-rao-gpmb-cac-du-an-giao-thong-trong-diem-192240817094155083.htm