Nghe An prepares 30 quarries to serve the leveling of the North-South expressway

In order to best prepare for the construction of the North-South Expressway, from Nghi Son to Dien Chau, on the morning of February 19, at Hoang Mai Town, the working group of the Ministry of Transport worked with the People's Committee of Nghe An province and localities to review the site clearance work.

Chairing the working session on behalf of the Ministry of Transport were Deputy Minister Nguyen Nhat, representatives of the Department of Transport Construction and Project Management Board (QLDA) 6.

VOn the side of Nghe An province, there was comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Also attending were representatives of the Provincial People's Committee Office, relevant departments and branches and the People's Committees of Dien Chau, Yen Thanh, Quynh Luu districts and Hoang Mai town.

Overview of the working session. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the meeting, representativesNghe An Department of TransportReport on the status of site clearance (GPMB) and preparation of land mines and public roads for construction of component projectsNorth-South Expresswayeast.

Accordingly, in the total approved land acquisition and clearance budget of the province of 3,498 billion VND, the sectionSub-project from Nghi Son to Dien ChauThe total approved land acquisition cost is 1,787.5 billion VND, the approved project cost is 2,191 billion VND. Up to now, the capital allocated for the project is 2,148.45 billion VND, of which the capital allocated in 2021 is 200 billion VND, including the Nghi Son - Dien Chau section of 120 billion VND and the Dien Chau - Bai Vot section of 80 billion VND.

The representative of the Department of Transport reported the results of land acquisition and resettlement of the province for the districts; at the same time proposed the Provincial People's Committee to continue to have solutions to urge. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Up to now, relevant departments and branches have approved the measurement excerpt of 43.47/43.47 km, reaching 100%; approved the compensation plan of 1,037 billion VND, the allocated capital, disbursement and payment of the cumulative plan is 1,062 billion VND, of the 120 billion VND allocated in 2021, Hoang Mai town 50 billion, Quynh Luu 20 billion, Dien Chau 40 billion and Yen Thanh 10 billion VND; 39.28/43.47 km have been cleared, reaching 90.36%.

In parallel with the land acquisition and clearance, 4 districts and towns have completed a number of additional items to resettle 9 locations for 275 households, continuing to relocate a number of technical infrastructure works, graves, etc.

While the section from Dien Chau to Bai Vot (Ha Tinh) has a contractor, the Nghi Son - Dien Chau sub-component has no contractor so it has to wait for the final plan. However, Nghe An must prepare well the plans to ensure the progress of the entire route, emphasized the representative of Project Management Board 6. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the meeting, representatives of several departments and branches presented a number of solutions to direct and guide responses to a number of cases regarding agricultural land; 1.65 km of residential land and garden land that does not need to be resettled; 2.44 km of residential land and garden land for resettlement; the progress of construction of resettlement areas and relocation of technical infrastructure works is still quite slow compared to last month.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat during a field survey of the North-South expressway site clearance in Quynh Luu and Hoang Mai town. Photo: Document

To prepare materials for highway leveling, Nghe An currently has 12 approved land fill mines, but to meet the demand for land fill materials for highway leveling, the Provincial People's Committee has directed the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to advise on additional mineral planning and approve the Plan for auctioning mineral exploitation rights for 48 mines, of which 30 mines serve the purpose ofleveling the groundNorth-South Expressway project

At the meeting, based on the report on the land acquisition situation in the area, representatives of the districts also proposed to add some access roads for people to travel and add some cases that, although not subject to compensation, when the project is implemented, will still affect life, production and travel; the planning of land mines must be reasonable, close to the construction site to avoid causing environmental pollution and affecting the new rural traffic infrastructure.

The North-South Expressway intersection is adjacent to National Highway 48B, the section running through Quynh My (Quynh Luu), but the site clearance milestone is quite thin and related to the 220 KV power line, so the relocation volume is quite large and takes a lot of time. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assessed that although more than 90% of the site volume had been cleared, in reality, the progress was still slow compared to last month and the plan, so districts and towns must make more efforts, mobilizing the entire political system to participate in propaganda and mobilization of the people.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh concluded by assigning tasks to departments, branches and localities to speed up the construction progress of resettlement items and licensing of raw material mines. Photo: Nguyen Hai

He requested departments, branches and localities to actively review the regimes, policies and guidelines in compensation for site clearance, ensuring the legitimate rights of the people. Districts must direct contractors to concentrate their resources to speed up the progress of infrastructure construction, organize lotteries for households; urgently complete the dossier to supplement the points of residential roads; regularly inspect and urge localities to relocate technical infrastructure and build resettlement areas.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat suggested that localities need to be more urgent and decisive in site clearance and especially in arranging land mines to serve highway construction. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat highly appreciated the province's drastic direction and said that so far, the policies and guidelines for implementing the land clearance project through Nghe An have basically been completed. The Ministry will soon approve the technical design of the Nghi Son - Dien Chau section, so localities should urgently review it to have a standard technical design document to submit to the Ministry of Transport for approval.

North-South Expressway section through Hoang Mai Town. Photo courtesy

The Deputy Minister emphasized that the National Assembly and the Government are very strict in controlling the project implementation progress and assigned the completion of the project section through Nghe An province by the end of 2022 and did not allow an extension because it would lead to adjustments in material prices and total project investment, causing loss of State budget revenue. He suggested that the province speed up the approval of planning and conduct auctions of mineral exploitation rights to provide materials for the project. The Department of Construction should soon announce the prices of construction materials in the province to help contractors calculate prices close to reality./.