Implementing the National Assembly's Resolution on investment policy for the transport project connecting 3 provinces

According to Official Dispatch 626/TTg-CN dated July 7, 2023, the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 92/2023/QH15 dated June 20, 2023 on the investment policy of the Road Project from National Highway 27C to Provincial Road DT.656 of Khanh Hoa Province - connecting Lam Dong Province and Ninh Thuan Province (Project), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha commented as follows:

The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall preside over and advise the Prime Minister to arrange and allocate sufficient capital of VND 1,000 billion in the medium-term public investment plan for 2021 - 2025 to the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province to implement the Project investment according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 3 of Resolution No. 92/2023/QH15.

Preside over and supervise the implementation of the Project, ensuring requirements on progress, quality and efficiency; synthesize and develop Government reports to report to the National Assembly on the implementation status of the Project as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 3 of Resolution No. 92/2023/QH15.

Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee organizes the establishment, appraisal and decision on investment in the Project in accordance with the provisions of the law on public investment and relevant legal provisions for group A projects managed by the provincial level. Deploy, organize, manage, exploit and operate the Project in accordance with the provisions of law, ensure progress (with solutions to accelerate progress), and quality of the project in accordance with the provisions of Clause 1, Clause 3, Article 3 and Article 4 of Resolution 92/2023/QH15.

Allocate 930 billion VND from the Provincial budget

Fully allocate 930 billion VND from the Provincial budget; strictly implement the provisions in Clause 3, Article 3 of Resolution No. 92/2023/QH15 on replacement forestation and compensation for site clearance.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development supervises the implementation of replacement forestation by the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province.

The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministries of Transport, Construction, and Natural Resources and Environment, according to their functions and tasks, to guide the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province (if necessary) to implement the project in accordance with the provisions of law.

During the implementation of the Project, relevant agencies must ensure compliance with the requirements of the National Assembly as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 3 of Resolution No. 92/2023/QH15.

Traffic project from National Highway 27C to Provincial Road DT.656, Khanh Hoa province - connecting Lam Dong province and Ninh Thuan province in the area of 02 districts of Khanh Son and Khanh Vinh, Khanh Hoa province.

In terms of scale, the investment is about 56.9 km of grade III mountainous road, with a design speed of 60 km/h; the section through difficult, rugged terrain, steep slopes, and sharp bends, with a design speed of 40 km/h; 02 lanes, total width of 9m, road surface width of 6m, 3m sidewalks on both sides (reinforced sidewalks on each side 1m).

The preliminary total investment of the Project is 1,930 billion VND, including:

- The central budget capital in the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025 is 1,000 billion VND.

- Local budget capital is 930 billion VND .

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