Que Phong: The degraded road worth over 50 billion will have to be handed over in the second quarter of 2017.

(Baonghean.vn)- The Chairman of the People's Committee of Que Phong district (Nghe An) requested the contractor constructing the road 'worth over 50 billion VND but has deteriorated before being handed over' to fix the problems and hand it over in the second quarter of 2017.

» The road project worth over 50 billion has degraded before being handed over

Chairman of Que Phong District People's Committee Le Van Giap has just signed document No. 450/UBND-VP responding to the content of the article."The road project worth more than 50 billion has degraded before being handed over"- posted on Nghe An Newspaper, reflecting the traffic road project to the center of Quang Phong commune (Que Phong district) although not yet handed over, at many points on this road, it has seriously degraded.

The road to the center of Quang Phong commune (Que Phong) through Cam Muon commune. Photo: Ho Phuong

Que Phong District People's Committee affirmed: NThe reason why the road has deteriorated before being put into use is because the survey and construction design were not close to reality, so they had to go through many approval adjustments; the compensation and site clearance work encountered many difficulties and was prolonged, because some households did not agree with the proposed plan; the construction unit did not follow the committed schedule; the coordination between the construction unit and the local authorities where the road passes through was not close and timely in resolving arising problems; due to natural disasters and floods, some items that had been constructed were eroded and washed away...

Document No. 450/UBND-VP of Que Phong District People's Committee on responding to the issue reported by Nghe An Newspaper. Photo: Ho Phuong

The traffic road project to the center of Quang Phong commune was approved for investment by the People's Committee of Nghe An province in Decision No. 1357/QD.UB-CN dated May 4, 2005, with a total approved investment of 38,700 million VND. On October 23, 2007, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Decision No. 4260/QD - UBND-CN approving the bidding results for the construction package of the traffic road to the center of Quang Phong commune, Que Phong district and the winning bidder was the Joint Venture of An Thinh Construction Co., Ltd. and 423 Construction and Trading Joint Stock Company. On December 22, 2016, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Decision No. 6598/QD.UBND approving the adjustment of the total investment of the project with a total adjusted investment of 51,535 million VND.

After starting construction in 2012, the construction volume of the road only reached about 55% (of which, from 2012 to 2014, construction stopped). In 2015 - 2016, Que Phong District People's Committee held many meetings with the construction unit and local authorities of Quang Phong and Cam Muon communes to resolve difficulties and problems.

In particular, with the active participation of the entire political system of the two communes and the close and drastic direction of the District People's Committee in site clearance, urging contractors to construct, and completing documents in a timely manner, the project has now been basically completed.

One of the landslide areas of the road leading to the center of Quang Phong commune. Photo: Ho Phuong

Regarding the issue of road degradation before handover as reported by Nghe An Newspaper, the District People's Committee has requested the contractor to complete the entire project in the second quarter of 2017 to hand it over to the General Department of Roads for exploitation and use, and to carry out regular maintenance according to national highway standards./.

Ho Phuong