The Central Coastal Urban Development Project aims at green growth and climate change response. Dong Ha City borrowed capital from the French Development Agency (AFD), with a total investment of 42.36 million Euros (equivalent to nearly 1,153 billion VND), implemented from 2024-2027. The project aims to build Dong Ha City into a green city, responding to climate change in accordance with the city's planning until 2030, with a vision to 2045 approved by the Provincial People's Committee and the master plan for the development of Vietnam's urban system until 2025, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Government.
Dong Ha city cable-stayed bridge - Photo: NTH
Like many coastal cities in the Central region located in areas heavily affected by climate change, natural disasters, storms and floods, Dong Ha City is often affected by unusual natural disasters causing flooding, riverbank erosion, saltwater intrusion...
The Central Coastal Urban Development Project aims at green growth and climate change response in Dong Ha City. It is being studied in 9 wards in the central area of the city, with a total area of about 73 km2 .
This is an old urban area, the political-economic-cultural center of Dong Ha City and Quang Tri Province; at the same time, it is an old residential area with a high population density, causing flooding and environmental pollution, affecting a large number of people in the city. The implementation of the project contributes to the completion of the urban infrastructure system, ensuring green growth and responding to the negative impacts of climate change, creating a sustainable living environment for urban residents.
The investment scale of the project belongs to Group B, including 2 components of construction investment and technical support, capacity building, invested by Dong Ha City People's Committee. The project includes the following items: Construction of embankment and dredging of the flow around Hoi Song, approximately 4,690 m long; Embankment of the West bank of Thach Han River and the North bank of Vinh Phuoc River, including 5 sections with a total length of approximately 7,018 m; Construction of embankment combined with dredging of the flow from the downstream of Trung Chi Lake to Dong Luong Ward fields and the system of works on the embankment; improvement of the drainage system downstream of Khe May Lake; Upgrading the infrastructure of the South of Hieu River.
Upgrading and renovating infrastructure in low-income areas; Supporting urban development planning, climate change adaptation and flood management; Supporting the Pilot City Program to implement urban development plans and green growth in Vietnam; Supporting local economic activities and creating green jobs. The project is currently in the site clearance phase.
On October 4, 2024, the AFD leadership announced the conclusion of the project implementation in Quang Tri province. Accordingly, AFD agreed to the bidding for the packages starting from November 2024. The first disbursement deadline for the non-refundable aid loan was extended to June 30, 2025, the disbursement amount in 2025 must be sufficient to cover all advances and is expected to be around 11 million Euros.
Khe May Lake, green space of Dong Ha city - Photo: NTH
Currently, in Dong Ha City, the current status of the Hoi Song river bank is an earthen bank and has not been paved. Since 2008, during the rainy season, this river bank has been frequently eroded, with a length of 4,690 m, a width of 4-7 m and a depth of 2 m.
Every year, water from upstream causes floods, inundating land and crops, making people's lives very difficult. The construction of Hoi Song embankment will clear and expand the flow, regulate water volume, prevent landslides, complete the urban infrastructure system, ensure rescue and relief tasks when natural disasters occur, improve living conditions, protect lives and property, preserve cultivated land and stabilize people's lives.
For the West bank of Thach Han River and the North bank of Vinh Phuoc River, many sections have not been invested in building embankments to prevent riverbank erosion. Every year, during the rainy season, the riverbanks erode 3 to 5 meters into the mainland, causing loss of production land for people in the area.
The construction of riverbank protection embankments contributes to preventing flooding of residential areas along the riverbanks, preventing saltwater intrusion; preventing and limiting landslides, stabilizing riverbanks, avoiding damage to people's lives and property and other infrastructure works.
Regarding the drainage system downstream of Trung Chi and Khe May lakes, currently, the drainage canal is located in the heart of the urban area, wastewater and garbage are dumped into the canal causing environmental pollution; on the other hand, there are locations where land encroachment occurs, narrowing the canal, blocking the flow, causing flooding. The renovation and improvement of the canal system downstream of the lake in the city will improve the urban appearance, on the other hand, limit environmental pollution.
On the route, there is also investment in building regulating lakes to create green space, minimizing the phenomenon of urban heat islands. In addition, the project to invest in upgrading infrastructure of Nam Hieu River and traffic infrastructure, water supply and drainage of low-income residential areas will create a space with modern and beautiful landscape, while managing land funds, ensuring environmental sanitation, preventing water pollution, contributing to improving the quality of life of people around the area, protecting residents in the direction of sustainable development.
Palm Oil Park becomes a check-in spot - Photo: NTH
According to Head of Dong Ha City Urban Management Department Le Thi Ngoc Ha, along with other projects invested in the past, the Central Coastal Urban Development Project aims at green growth and climate change response in Dong Ha City, contributing to fundamentally solving the challenges of flood prevention, riverbank erosion, saltwater intrusion... of Dong Ha city in the current increasingly unpredictable climate change conditions.
In addition, the project's construction investment works gradually complete the urban infrastructure system, ensuring green growth, maintaining biodiversity for natural water flows, and minimizing the urban heat island phenomenon.
Construction and upgrading investment projects, once completed and put into use, will minimize encroachment on water flows, strengthen land management and urban order.
Completing the urban infrastructure system creates modern urban space and landscape, contributing to promoting economic development, creating green jobs, improving income and living standards, partially concretizing the planning and shortening the gap between inner and outer cities, creating a sustainable and safe living environment for people.
Thanh Hai
Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/trien-vong-du-an-phat-trien-do-thi-ven-bien-huong-den-tang-truong-xanh-o-thanh-pho-dong-ha-189443.htm
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