Enforced site clearance for the road connecting Lam River with National Highway 46

The project of connecting Highway 46 with Lam River Road is an important traffic route of Vinh city, approved by the Prime Minister with a planning limit of 35m. When completed, it will create a driving force to attract investment, urban embellishment, socio-economic development, and improve people's lives.

This project passes through Nghi An, Nghi Duc, Hung Loc, Hung Hoa communes (Vinh City) with a total of 130 households affected, requiring compensation and resettlement. As of November 24, the site clearance work has been basically completed; only 5 households have problems and have not yet accepted the general policy.

The reason for the households’ problems is related to the planning of the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road. According to the households, the Vinh City People’s Committee’s implementation of site clearance within a range of 35m, while there is no official decision from the competent authority, is not in accordance with the law.

In fact, according to the adjusted master plan of Vinh city approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 52/QD-TTg and Decision No. 4522/QD-UBND.CN dated November 25, 2011 of the Provincial People's Committee, the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road is planned to have a roadbed width of 35m.

In 2014, when the detailed design was made, the provincial and city budgets faced many difficulties. Therefore, the Vinh City People's Committee proposed to the Provincial People's Committee that, in the immediate future, it would invest in building a road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road with a shoulder width of 12m and a clearance area of ​​15m. The proposal of the Vinh City People's Committee was approved by the Provincial People's Committee.

However, during the implementation process (in 2015 and 2016), the budget situation of the province and the city was guaranteed. In addition, most of the people in the area affected by the route requested to carry out site clearance according to the original planning of 35m, so the People's Committee of Vinh City proposed that the Provincial People's Committee allow compensation for site clearance through residential areas to be carried out according to the originally approved planning of 35m. This proposal of the People's Committee of Vinh City was approved by the Provincial People's Committee.

According to the approved plan, the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road must be completed by December 31, 2017. However, the handover of the land for the construction of the road has not been completed, not ensuring the construction progress. The City People's Committee and relevant agencies have organized dialogues and propaganda campaigns many times with households but have not yet achieved results.

Therefore, to complete the site clearance and hand over the site to contractors to construct the road on schedule, it is necessary to organize compulsory land acquisition.