Con Cuong prepares to start construction of a bridge across Lam River

Con Cuong District People's Committee has just held a meeting to announce the progress and implementation plan of the Thanh Nam suspension bridge project across Lam River.

The Thanh Nam Bridge construction project across Lam River, Con Cuong District was approved by the People's Council of Nghe An province in Resolution No. 13 dated May 14, 2020.

Con Cuong district held a meeting on site clearance for the Thanh Nam bridge project. Photo: Tuong Vi

Some contents have been completed such as: Clearing mines and explosives, developing compensation, support and resettlement plans, and completing site clearance marking work.

Accordingly, the total recovered area of ​​the project is 63,775.9m2.², with 101 households affected and having to have their land recovered, of which 6 households had to be relocated. The area of ​​the recovered area in the town is 9,135 m²With 5 households and 38 small business kiosks affected, Bong Khe commune has 96 affected households.

To carry out the work of compensation, site clearance, and land recovery of organizations and individuals in the project planning area, the meeting announced the resettlement plan in the town for 3 affected households that must be relocated; the planned new land area in block 2 of the town; 3 affected households that must be relocated in Bong Khe commune will be supported to relocate and resettle at the old location.

Con Cuong will continue to implement the plan to clear mines and explosives from November 15 to December 5, 2020, bid to approve contractor selection results, sign contracts for construction, supervision, and insurance packages from November 20, 2020 to December 15, 2020, and is expected to start construction in December 2020.

Thanh Nam Bridge is a key and urgent project of the district to contribute to completing the traffic network system, meeting the travel needs of the people, contributing to promoting economic development, ensuring national security and defense of Con Cuong district.

Mr. Vi Van Son - Chairman of the District People's Committee said: There are 4 suspension bridges across the Lam River in the area, but only people and rudimentary vehicles can travel. The people of Con Cuong District always wish to have a permanent concrete bridge across the Lam River to create conditions for socio-economic development in the area.

The district assigned tasks to the district People's Committee's departments and offices to complete the progress such as announcing land recovery, determining compensation land prices, organizing public meetings, organizing investigations, surveys, measuring and counting the current status, and collecting opinions from relevant agencies.

Con Cuong Town. Photo archive

In which, the road at the bridgehead on the town side (intersection with National Highway 7), length about 0.18 km: Mountainous grade III road (TCVN4054-2005), roadbed width 9 m; road surface width 6 m, reinforced 1.5 m shoulder on each side with structure like road surface structure. Complete construction of drainage system along both sides of the road.

The road at the bridgehead on the Thanh Nam bank (intersection with DT.541), about 1.6 km long, is a grade IV mountainous road (TCVN4054-2005), the roadbed is 7.5 m wide; the road surface is 5.5 m wide, the curb on each side is reinforced 0.5 m with the same structure as the road surface.

Total project investment 168 billion VND.