Nghe An: Localities required to complete disbursement of capital for North-South Expressway before December 31, 2019

In order to have a basis for the Departments, branches, People's Committees of districts and towns: Hoang Mai, Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc and Hung Nguyen to hand over the construction site to complete the project on schedule, the Provincial People's Committee has just issued a Plan for site clearance for the North-South expressway project in the East through Nghe An province.

Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee requested the Party Committees and authorities of the People's Committees of the districts: Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, Hung Nguyen and Hoang Mai town to prioritize the project's site clearance work. Mobilize the entire political system to take drastic action, direct the Site Clearance Council and relevant departments and offices to take drastic action, the Commune People's Committee to speed up the work of confirming the origin of the land, prioritize time in the work of preparing, appraising, approving compensation, support and resettlement records on schedule, especially the capital disbursement progress.

Request localities to urgently complete the detailed progress plan for each content of compensation, support, resettlement, and relocation of public works; Disbursement plan for allocated capital to be sent to the Provincial People's Committee and Steering Committee for monitoring and urging; Complete the disbursement of allocated capital before December 31, 2019.

Based on the approved map extracts and measurements, promptly determine the exact number of affected households, the number of resettled households, the number of planned resettlement lots, and the volume of public works that need to be relocated.

Directing to speed up the inventory work, determine specific land prices, develop compensation and support plans; Complete procedures and implement infrastructure construction in resettlement areas, mark plots, allocate land to households subject to resettlement to build houses and hand over the site for the project.

Localities regularly inspect and promptly resolve difficulties and obstacles, especially in the field of land and the construction of resettlement areas. Difficulties, obstacles, and support plans under the authority of the Provincial People's Committee must be promptly sent in writing to the Steering Committee, Departments, and branches for synthesis, reporting, and consulting with the Provincial People's Committee on solutions.

Localities are responsible to the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee if they fail to hand over the site in time, affecting the project's progress, and if they fail to complete the disbursement of all allocated capital.

Mr. Le Hong Vinh - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee

Locations that need land clearance on the North-South Expressway section through Quynh Hoa and Quynh Luu communes. Photo: Viet Hung

Regarding progress, the Provincial People's Committee requires: Hoang Mai Town, Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Hung Nguyen with agricultural land, forestry land, other land (8.48 km), currently being inventoried, must hand over the site to the project before December 31, 2019; Pay money, hand over the entire site, clear the site for resettlement before December 31, 2019. For Nghi Loc, agricultural land, forestry land, other land (3.59/6.7 km left), currently being prepared for compensation, requesting handover of the site to the project before December 5, 2019. The relocation of technical infrastructure works (electricity lines, telecommunication cables) must hand over the entire site before June 30, 2020...

According to the report of Nghe An Department of Transport, by the end of November 2019, the progress of land clearance for the North-South Expressway needs to be cleared as follows:

* Agricultural land, forestry land, forest land and other land: 73.8km (Hoang Mai 8.48km; Quynh Luu 12.85km; Yen Thanh 0.9/2.77km; Dien Chau 24.09km; Nghi Loc 3.59/6.7km; Hung Nguyen 23.95km).

Residential land, garden: 8.51km (Hoang Mai 1.5km; Quynh Luu 1.03km; Yen Thanh 1km; Dien Chau 2.61km; Nghi Loc 0.44km; Hung Nguyen 1.93km).

* There are 35 remaining resettlement sites in the districts. Technical infrastructure works that need to be relocated are: 1 kindergarten in Quynh Vinh commune, Hoang Mai town; 1 stadium in Quynh Vinh commune, Hoang Mai town; 1 planned cemetery site in Quynh Hoa commune, Quynh Luu district; 2 cemetery sites (Hung Tay and Hung Tan communes), Hung Nguyen district; 1 football field site in Hung Dao commune, Hung Nguyen district.

* In addition, many high-voltage, medium-voltage, low-voltage power lines, VNPT and Viettel telecommunications lines... must be relocated.

Map of the North-South Expressway route through Dien Chau. Photo: Tran Chau

On the grassroots side, Mr. Dao Xuan Son - Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quynh Luu district said that in the coming time, Quynh Luu district will strive to hand over the site according to the progress requirements of the Ministry of Transport and the Provincial People's Committee. For the section passing through residential land and garden land but not subject to resettlement, the site will be handed over before March 30, 2020. For the section passing through residential land and garden land that must be arranged for resettlement and the cemetery area of ​​Quynh Hoa commune, the site will be handed over before September 30, 2020 (the time to complete the construction of the resettlement area is about 10 months).

In the past time, the People's Committees of the districts have carried out the work of compensation, support and resettlement of the project. Up to now, some districts and towns have actively carried out land clearance for the North-South Expressway, but the progress according to the Department of Transport's assessment is still slow. Meanwhile, the capital for land clearance has been fully allocated.

The North-South Expressway through Nghe An has two component projects, including the expressway project from Nghi Son to Dien Chau and the project from Dien Chau - Bai Vot. The two projects will be implemented in the 2017 - 2020 period.

At the recent session of the National Assembly, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also emphasized two key projects that the National Assembly prioritized for capital allocation: Long Thanh International Airport and the North-South Expressway Project.