Project worth over 3,500 billion VND in Vinh strives to open before Tet

(Baonghean) - During a recent inspection of the Vinh Urban Sub-project, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien requested Vinh city and Hung Nguyen district to focus on clearing the route before Tet.

The bright spots

Hung Dong (Vinh city) is the leading commune in clearing the Vinh - Hung Tay road, a small project under the Vinh urban sub-project. Implementing drastically and quickly, in just a short time, 172 households affected by the project gave up their land for the new road to move to resettlement areas to build a new life. It is difficult to describe all the hardships of the households when leaving their familiar villages for many years, now having to rent houses, many families have to endure tents in the fields for a whole year to build new houses.

At that time, there were households that we visited, in hastily built tents with messy furniture, we even saw the altars of recently deceased relatives... A rapid revolution in Hung Dong when in just a few months, the lush green villages were reduced to rubble and rocks. The difficult life in the beginning has now been duly compensated with spacious resettlement areas in Trung Thuan, Yen Binh, Mai Loc hamlets (Hung Dong).

The entire political system from the city to the commune and hamlet has been fiercely involved in the project's progress. Chairman of the People's Committee of Hung Dong Commune, Mr. Tran Anh Tan, shared: We have completed the site clearance and handed it over to the city since December 31, 2016. Up to now, more than 50 households have built clean and beautiful resettlement houses. The infrastructure here was initially rice fields and low-lying areas, then it was renovated, a new life is starting and everyone feels better than their old place.

Construction of the overpass over Ke Gai River - a part of the Vinh Urban Sub-project. Photo: Chau Lan

Not only in Hung Dong, in Vinh city, the Vinh Sub-urban project passes through many communes and wards of the city. Hung Hoa commune is also the locality that completed site clearance for the 35m road quite early.

The commune is assessed to have coordinated well with the Land Fund Development Center, the Project Management Board, and local households to do a good job of ideological work and clearing the ground for the construction contractor. Thanks to that, up to now, the 35m road through Hung Hoa has been cleared, paved with asphalt and runs straight to Nghi An, Vinh city, connecting to National Highway 46.

Hung Hoa commune has 150 affected households and most of them have handed over the land to the city since May 2017. Each relocated family is compensated an average of about 1 billion VND, in addition, some households still have land and some capital to do business, so in general, everyone is excited. Therefore, the resettlement area for the 35m road in Hung Hoa now has many beautiful houses and is also located near the 35m road, which can be convenient for people to expand services in the future.

Mr. Tran Huy Loi, the pioneer in giving up land and compensating for the 35m road in Hung Hoa commune, said: After being informed and thoroughly informed about the road opening, my family and I discussed and agreed to hand over 260m2 of land to the project from September 30, 2016 as the first phase.

Thanks to the active efforts and response of the people, now basically the entire route in Vinh city has a site for the contractor to construct. The 35m road, the regulating lake, the 72m road through Quan Bau part of the 72m Vinh - Hung Tay road project... are gradually completing the progress.

There are still weaknesses.

The Vinh Urban Sub-project is a World Bank (WB) funded project of great significance to Vinh city in particular and Nghe An in general. The project has been extended many times due to the delay in progress of many items.

A major axis is the 72m road from Vinh - Hung Nguyen starting from Quan Bau (Vinh city) running straight to the industrial park, VSIP service urban area which is being formed. This axis is important when connecting Vinh city with Hung Nguyen district, especially with VSIP industrial park.

If the section through Vinh city, in recent times, with the efforts of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee, and City, the weak points have been gradually liberated, then in Hung Nguyen district, the Vinh - Hung Tay road is still quite difficult.

Specifically, in Vac hamlet, 4 households have been cleared but are still obstructing the construction. In Nam Phuc Long hamlet (Hung Tay), 21/63 households have not received compensation because they still requested to complete Nguyen Van Be road before accepting compensation for site clearance. Regarding this issue, Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee once inspected the site and agreed that the province would spend money to rebuild Nguyen Van Be road (next to VSIP industrial park) according to the wishes of the people here. Currently, Hung Nguyen is under construction but the progress is slow.

The 35m road connecting Hung Hoa commune and National Highway 46 is about to be opened. Photo: Tran Chau

For the overpass project on the 72m road, constructed by the joint venture of Thuan An Construction and Trade Development Joint Stock Company and Truong Son Construction Investment Joint Stock Company, 2,389/3,198m (75%) of bored piles have been drilled; 477m of bridge pier concrete has been constructed.³, progress is also slow due to floods.

In addition, the construction progress of the reservoir project, according to the city's report, is estimated at 75%, while the implementation time is about 82%, including the time for construction preparation. The construction progress is slow, so it needs to be more urgent after the flood has receded.

The project to upgrade and renovate the canal around Vinh Citadel (the contractor is a joint venture of Hoa Hiep Company Limited and Thinh Hung Company) is also one of the weak points of the Vinh Urban Sub-project. According to the schedule, the project must be completed by April 30, 2017, but currently in Cua Nam ward, there are still 5 households that have not been cleared.

During the on-site inspection of the entire route on October 25, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien praised Vinh City and contractors for actively constructing and ensuring progress after the floods at some projects. At the same time, he also criticized Hung Nguyen District for being slow in site clearance despite its many commitments.

Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien requested Hung Nguyen district to direct the completion of Nguyen Van Be road and resolve all obstacles in the area, creating conditions for the 72m road and many items of the Vinh urban sub-project to be opened by Lunar New Year 2018.

Chau Lan