Resolute and transparent in site clearance for Vinh - Cua Lo road project

(Baonghean.vn) - The Vinh - Cua Lo connecting road through Vinh city is expected to be implemented in October 2017, but there are still many problems regarding site clearance, requiring Vinh city People's Committee to take drastic action to resolve them.

The above project was approved by the Provincial People's Committee in Decision No. 1962/2017, with a length of 10.832 km, of which the section passing through Vinh City is 3.4 km, Nghi Loc is 4.8 km and Cua Lo Town is 2.632 km. The starting point intersects with Truong Van Linh Street, Nghi Phu Commune, Vinh City, the ending point intersects with Binh Minh Street, Cua Lo Town. The total investment of the project is 1,411 billion VND.

According to the report of the Department of Transport, the project has been allocated capital in 2017 of 600 billion VND from Government Bonds, expected to start construction in October 2017 (section through Vinh City, Nghi Loc District) and ensure the first phase is opened by the end of December 2018.

During the project implementation process, 6.35 km of land has been cleared so far.,4.48km left for land acquisition and clearance.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the task to Vinh City and districts to clear the land for the Vinh - Cua Lo road project. Photo: Tran Chau

The most problematic area is the agricultural land along the road for 0.8km, of which the section passing through Vinh City is 0.7km (Nghi Phu 0.6km; Nghi Duc 0.1km); residential land, gardens are 3km long/409 households, of which the section passing through Vinh City is 1.3km long/198 households (Nghi Phu 0.4km/71 households; Nghi Duc 0.9km/127 households); Nghi Phu 2 Primary School is also stuck with land acquisition although the Vinh City People's Committee has approved the compensation plan for the old school property. In addition, there are 834 graves to be acquired and resettlement for 370 households that have not been resolved.

The representative of the Department of Transport said that the most difficult problem is the compensation price and support for agricultural land passing through Nghi Phu commune, Vinh city.

The meeting heard a representative of the Department of Transport report on the project's progress. Photo: Tran Chau

According to the regulations, the compensation price and support for agricultural land are equal to 1 time the price of agricultural land plus 2 times the support, which is 3 times, that is 255,000 VND/m2. However, when it was announced, the households did not agree and requested that the compensation and support price be 1.5 million VND/m2. Xuan Dong Hamlet, Nghi Duc Commune (Vinh City) requested that the resettlement area be built first, and the prices of the departure and arrival locations be announced before the counting can be done.

The Provincial People's Committee held a meeting with the Vinh City People's Committee and related sectors on the support level for agricultural land in the city, in which the compensation price for agricultural land passing through Nghi Phu commune was agreed at 510,000 VND/m2.

Therefore, it is extremely important to propagate to Vinh City people to comply, count and hand over the land to the State.

To ensure progress in accordance with the direction of the Provincial People's Committee to open the road to traffic by the end of 2018, the Department of Transport recommends the implementation progress for Vinh City: For agricultural land, focus on directing inventory and approving compensation plans to ensure completion before September 30, 2017.

Residential land and gardens of Nghi Phu: Focus on directing to ensure completion of land acquisition and clearance before March 30, 2018. In Nghi Duc, 127 households, focus on directing to ensure completion of land acquisition and clearance before December 30, 2017. Nghi Phu Primary School completed construction and handed over for use before June 30, 2018. Progress of land acquisition and clearance in Vinh city and Cua Lo is basically guaranteed.

Nghi Phu Primary School (Vinh City) is subject to demolition but has not yet been cleared. Photo: Tran Chau

At the meeting, Mr. Ha Thanh Tinh, Vice Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee, said that the city will take action to propagate and mobilize people, and the province will soon announce the price of agricultural land support so that the city has a basis for land acquisition.

Faced with the urgent progress of the key project, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong emphasized:

The People's Committee of Vinh city, Nghi Loc district, and Cua Lo town focused on site clearance work, mobilizing the entire political system to resolutely hand over the site for the project. Conduct propaganda, mobilization, publicity, and transparency of policies and regimes in site clearance compensation work to ensure the above schedule. Agricultural land must be completed before September 30, 2017, resettlement must be completed before January 30, 2018, and residential land must be completed before March 30, 2018. Vinh city also completed the 72m section of land clearance through Nghi Phu. For Nghi Loc district, by March 20, 2018, the site clearance must be completed and compensation paid before Lunar New Year 2018.

Localities regularly check the implementation results of the Land Acquisition Council at the same level, promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, especially in the field of land and the construction of resettlement areas. Propaganda and mobilization for households with agricultural land passing through Nghi Phu commune to soon coordinate in the work of land ownership, balancing land area, inventory, and unifying the location of resettlement area construction. Vinh City prepares a plan for enforcement when necessary.

Vinh - Cua Lo connecting road on map.

Departments, branches and sectors promptly resolve and remove difficulties and obstacles according to their functions and tasks. The Department of Finance promptly advises the Provincial People's Committee to resolve the approved compensation and support costs for agricultural land. The Department of Planning and Investment promptly advises on investment policies and appraises resettlement area projects to submit to the Provincial People's Committee for approval.

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