The National Assembly will pursue to the end the resolution of the petition of Hoang Mai Town voters related to the National Highway 1A upgrade project.

Attending the conference were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the Party Central Committee Office, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Sy Hoi - former Deputy Commander of Military Region 4; Nguyen Thi Thao - Doctor of Nghe An Northwestern General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Le

Settling compensation for site clearance for the project to upgrade and expand National Highway 1A

At the meeting, delegate Nguyen Sy Hoi informed voters of Hoang Mai town about the results of the 10th session of the 14th National Assembly.

Delegate Nguyen Sy Hoi reports to voters on the results of the 10th session of the 14th National Assembly. Photo: Thanh Le

Voters of Hoang Mai town expressed their agreement and joy at the success of the 10th session of the 14th National Assembly; at the same time, they had recommendations and proposals related to a number of issues related to people's lives and socio-economic development.

Voter Dinh Van Hoan - Mai Hung ward (Hoang Mai town) proposed that although the project to upgrade and expand National Highway 1A through Nghe An (Hoang Mai town, Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc and Vinh city) has been going on for many years, recently, people ofHoang Mai townaffected by the project has not been compensated, site clearance compensation.

Voter Le Dang Hai in Mai Hung ward (Hoang Mai town) requested to promptly resolve the compensation and site clearance work for the project to upgrade and expand National Highway 1A. Photo: Thanh Le

Regarding compensation and site clearance DNational Highway 1A upgrade and expansion projectVoter Le Dang Hai in Mai Hung ward requested the State to have a viewpoint to completely resolve people's petitions related to compensation when implementing the project to expand and upgrade National Highway 1A.

Mr. Ho Duc Quang in Quynh Trang commune proposed that the State pay attention and create favorable conditions for investing in the road through hamlet 11, Quynh Trang commune, creating favorable conditions for people to travel as well as develop the economy, and for local children to go to school conveniently.

Voter Le Thi Hung in Quynh Trang commune is concerned about climate change affecting people's lives, living environment, production and business. She requests the State to pay attention to investing in upgrading and repairing Vuc Mau lake.

Voter Ho Duc Quang in Quynh Trang commune (Hoang Mai town) proposed investing in traffic roads in Quynh Trang commune. Photo: Thanh Le

Resolve voters' legitimate aspirations

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the Central Office and leader of Hoang Mai town responded to voters' petitions.

Regarding the compensation work when implementing the National Highway 1A expansion and upgrading project, delegate Nguyen Dac Vinh shared the people's concerns that have not been resolved. At the same time, he emphasized that the National Highway 1A expansion and upgrading project has been delayed due to many reasons.

With their responsibility, the delegates will pursue recommendations to the ministries, branches and the Government to resolve and ensure the legitimate rights of the people.

At the same time, the delegate said that relevant localities have been reviewing records and procedures to determine which households are eligible for compensation and which households are not.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh received and explained the petition of voters of Hoang Mai town. Photo: Thanh Le

The province has proposed the Ministry of Transport, the Government, and reported to the National Assembly. Accordingly, the Government has transferred 230 billion VND to Nghe An province to pay compensation. The total initial budget estimate for payment is about more than 1,000 billion VND.

For the remaining funds, the province has worked with the Ministry of Transport and the Government to report to the National Assembly to balance the budget to pay for the people.

Regarding cases where there are no longer any records, assessing this as a difficult problem, delegate Nguyen Dac Vinh said that for the benefit of the people, the authorities are looking for the most appropriate solution to determine and resolve the issue.

“This is an extremely difficult task and the procedures are very complicated. In the difficult conditions of funding sources and large payment amounts, it cannot be resolved in one or two days but takes a long time. Therefore, together with the efforts of the town and province, people need to agree to share and coordinate to complete payment records as well as in implementing compensation payment policies for land acquisition and clearance” - Deputy Chief of the Central Party Office asked the people involved to share.

Voters of Hoang Mai town attend the voter contact conference. Photo: Thanh Le

Regarding the remaining opinions of voters, National Assembly deputies will record and synthesize the opinions in a receptive and serious spirit to reflect to the National Assembly's functional agencies, relevant agencies, ministries and branches for consideration in the coming time.