Nghe An Provincial People's Council supervises public investment in Hoang Mai town

Deploying a total of 174 public investment projects and works

Before working with Hoang Mai town, the Provincial People's Council's monitoring delegation directly surveyed the progress of several projects, including the project of the traffic route to develop tourism in Hoang Mai town, connecting from National Highway 48D to the center of Quynh Trang commune - Vuc Mau lake; the route connecting National Highway 1A to the National Historical Site of Hoa Tien cave; the project to build the Medical Center of Hoang Mai town.

Working with Hoang Mai town, the monitoring delegation noted that the town has proactively developed and implemented a medium-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period in a methodical and correct manner.

The principle of allocating medium-term public investment capital is implemented by the town with focus and key points, closely following the town's planning and development orientation according to the 10-year strategy 2021-2030, the town's 5-year and annual socio-economic development plans.

That process prioritizes projects and works on education, health care and transportation that are connected, promoting the development of regions, areas as well as economic sectors that need to be focused on; and solving urgent local problems.

During the implementation process, the town resolutely directed and urged to remove difficulties to ensure the capital allocation progress according to regulations, speed up the disbursement progress, and promote investment projects and works.

Results of the implementation of the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021 - 2025, managed by the province with a total of 23 projects; total investment of more than 2,605 billion VND and total allocated capital of more than 1,093 billion VND. Of which, the total capital allocated in the 3 years 2021 - 2023 is more than 622 billion VND; disbursement results up to December 31, 2023 reached more than 550 billion VND, equivalent to 88.50%.

In 2023 alone, disbursement reached 97.17%; the undisbursed capital will continue to be arranged in 2024 and 2025 according to the project implementation progress. Up to this point, out of a total of 23 works and projects; the town has currently implemented 22 projects, of which 2 projects have completed settlement.

Particularly, the works and projects under the medium-term public investment plan from the town budget for the period 2021-2025 include 151 works, projects and tasks. Up to this point, 93 projects have been completed and put into use; 30 projects are being implemented and the remaining ones have to adjust investment policies, adjust projects and have not been implemented.

In addition to the positive results mentioned above, there are currently a number of works and projects that, due to practical problems, have some problems with their functionality, are not suitable for reality, have errors, inadequacies, or are stuck in site clearance, causing additional costs in the total approved investment capital. It is necessary to propose to the province to adjust and supplement the investment policy and capital sources.

Such as the project of Hoang Mai Town Medical Center; the project of building a traffic route to develop tourism in Hoang Mai Town (the route connecting National Highway 48D to the center of Quynh Trang commune - Vuc Mau lake; the route connecting National Highway 1A to the National Historical Site of Hoa Tien Cave. On the other hand, the disbursement rate of the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2023 from the town budget is basically still low, reaching more than 27% because the revenue from land use fees did not meet the set plan.

Comrade Nguyen Huu An - Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the Town People's Committee added: Currently, in the town, there are still a number of public investment projects and works in the previous stages that have not clearly identified the investment capital source when approving the investment policy, leading to unfinished, but the town's budget source is not guaranteed to be balanced, affecting the socio-economic development of the locality. The town proposed the province to approve the policy of choosing a technical stopping point to finalize the project estimate.

Finding solutions to increase the disbursement rate of public investment from town sources

Concluding the meeting, Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council highly appreciated the town's proactive implementation of the public investment plan, becoming one of the top units of the province in disbursing public investment capital; contributing to the good implementation of socio-economic development tasks, promoting the completion of the criteria for a type 3 urban area with 53/63 criteria completed.

In addition to receiving and clarifying a number of recommendations and proposals from Hoang Mai town, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also requested that the town pay attention to finding solutions to increase the disbursement rate from the town's capital source, which is currently low.

The town needs to continue reviewing the medium-term public investment plan to thoroughly carry out the necessary procedures and steps to achieve the highest public investment disbursement rate, including the number of projects and capital sources, avoiding dispersion, and focusing on key projects.

Urgently carry out procedures to adjust projects, including project implementation time; scale, volume, and project implementation capital in accordance with the practical situation. Focus on directing the disbursement of all allocated capital; pay attention to completing payment and settlement procedures in accordance with regulations for completed and put into use works and projects.