Quynh Luu speeds up compensation and site clearance work for National Highway 1A upgrade project

(Baonghean.vn) - The project to upgrade and expand National Highway 1A through Quynh Luu district (from km 382+500 - km 402+330) with a length of 19.83 km was invested in and constructed under the BOT (investment - operation - transfer) form by a joint venture between Transport Construction Corporation 4 and Corporation 319 - Ministry of National Defense as investors.

This is one of the key roads, prioritized for investment, so all levels and sectors in Quynh Luu district have been making efforts to carry out site clearance work well to implement the project.

This project was previously invested by the Project Management Board 1,4,85 of the Ministry of Transport, so the compensation and site clearance work is still unfinished. Previously, during the project implementation, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district coordinated with investors to conduct an inventory of 1,416 affected households and confirmed the origin of the land, and applied compensation prices for 72% of the volume. After completing the procedures, the district paid 309 households tens of billions of VND. Therefore, on this road section, 9.23/19.83 km of land clearance and site clearance have been completed and handed over, including discontinuous sections.

Many households subject to clearance for the project to upgrade National Highway 1A through Nghe An have handed over their land to the construction unit.

Currently, there are still 10.6 km of this road that have not been handed over, the reason is that some households in the areas of Hoang Mai, Mai Hung, Quynh Van, Quynh Thach, Quynh Hau... are petitioning because of inappropriate compensation for housing and residential land, and difficulties in compensation, conversion of rice fields, investment in construction of resettlement areas...

Currently, due to the urgent need to implement the project in the form of BOT, the Provincial People's Committee and related departments and branches have had timely solutions, in accordance with the provisions of the law. Accordingly, the problem of households that have applied land prices since 2012 but have not been approved due to lack of funds, will now apply land prices of 2013 and will be completely resolved this April. Or some households that do not sign documents due to illegal construction of houses on reclaimed land but still request compensation for land and housing, the compensation council will only resolve compensation for reclaimed land... Along with that, the work of applying prices, submitting and approving compensation documents, investigating, determining the origin of the land, handing over the site for construction of resettlement areas... will be focused on resolving from April 30 to July 30, 2013.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Tuy - Vice Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee said: With the timely direction of the province and related departments and branches, the district is urgently taking action to speed up the project's site clearance progress. Along with strengthening propaganda and mobilization, district leaders and functional departments directly dialogue with people to remove difficulties and obstacles, mobilize people to dismantle works and hand over the site. In the coming time, if the issue of compensation for rice fields, land for construction of resettlement areas and some other problems are resolved promptly, the compensation and site clearance work will ensure progress and the district is determined to implement the province's request to hand over the entire route to the investor by the end of July 2013.

The total estimated cost for compensation and site clearance for this BOT project is about 244 billion VND (the approved amount is 74 billion VND and 20 billion VND has been paid). A representative of the Traffic Construction Corporation 4 said that this important project is being implemented by the BOT joint venture in accordance with regulations, ensuring progress and the investor is ready with capital to meet the compensation and site clearance work in Quynh Luu area.

Hoang Vinh