Need to relocate 20 technical infrastructure works serving the North-South expressway

A report from the Department of Transport said: To clear the land for the North-South Expressway through Nghe An, many technical infrastructure works must be relocated in August, which is often a problem that delays site clearance progress.

As progress,The Provincial People's Committee requested to relocate before July 30, 2020. Up to now, the implementation in districts and towns is still slow, especially for high-voltage lines, specifically:

110Kv and 220Kv high voltage power lines (20 locations) include Quynh Luu district with 2 220Kv locations and 2 110Kv locations, which are submitting their technical economic reports (ESRs) for appraisal at the Department of Industry and Trade; Dien Chau district with 7 220Kv locations and 4 110Kv locations, which are completing documents for submission to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for appraisal; Yen Thanh district with 1 110Kv location, which is being relocated; Hung Nguyen district with 2 220Kv locations and 1 110Kv location, which is being submitted to the Department of Industry and Trade for appraisal. Currently, the Provincial People's Committee has requested inspection and review to hand over to the relocation management unit (National Power Transmission Corporation), however, many districts have not yet implemented it.

Provincial leaders inspect the progress of site clearance for the North-South Expressway in Hung Nguyen district. Photo: Tran Chau

For medium and low voltage power lines (114 locations): Hoang Mai Town has 4 locations, Quynh Luu has 7 medium voltage locations, 10 low voltage locations; Dien Chau has 16 medium voltage locations, 13 low voltage locations; Yen Thanh has 2 medium voltage locations, 7 low voltage locations; Nghi Loc has 1 medium voltage location, 4 low voltage locations; Hung Nguyen has 18 medium voltage locations; 22 low voltage locations.

Regarding VNPT telecommunication cable lines (6 routes/6 districts): Nghi Loc district has completed appraisal; districts and towns have submitted to the Department of Information and Communications for appraisal.

For Viettel telecommunication cable lines (6 routes/6 districts): Yen Thanh district has submitted for appraisal; the Consultant is preparing the Technical Report for the other 5 districts.

The railway signal lines are also stuck. Hung Nguyen district is submitting the Technical Economic Report to the Department of Information and Communications for appraisal. Quynh Luu district has coordinated with the owner to review and will coordinate the relocation during the project construction process.

Regarding clean water pipelines (Yen Thanh, Dien Chau and Hung Nguyen, Hoang Mai town): Hung Nguyen district has completed the appraisal and is submitting the technical report for approval; Yen Thanh and Dien Chau districts are reviewing; Hoang Mai town is assigning the managing unit to develop a relocation plan.

Illustration photo. Source: Internet

At previous meetings, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the localities to inspect and hand over the locations that need to be cleared for electricity to the relocation management unit (National Power Transmission Corporation).

At the most recent meeting, comrade Le Hong Vinh requested that localities review the problems, complete the proposed documents, especially pay attention to burying power cables, and handle the problems in relocating high-voltage power lines.

The same is true for other infrastructure projects, it is recommended that agencies, sectors and localities continue to closely coordinate and remove difficulties and obstacles to ensure project progress. According to the latest progress, Nghe An strives to achieve 60% of the site clearance work on the entire route by September 30, 2020.