Vinh City sets date for compulsory land acquisition for Lam River-National Highway 46 road

(Baonghean.vn) - To complete the site clearance work for road constructionconnectNational Highway 46 with Lam River road (also known as 35m road), Vinh City People's Committee leader said: will enforce land recovery for 3 households in Xuan Hoa hamlet, Nghi Duc commune.

The project of connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road through Nghi An, Nghi Duc, Hung Loc, Hung Hoa communes (Vinh City); a total of 130 households are affected and need to be compensated and relocated.

Construction of the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road through Nghi Duc commune is stalled in Xuan Hoa hamlet. Photo by Nhat Lan

Up to now, the site clearance work has been basically completed; only 6 households in Xuan Hoa hamlet, Nghi Duc commune have problems.

The reason for the problems of households in Xuan Hoa hamlet is related to the planning of the road connecting National Highway 46 with the road along Lam River.

In Xuan Hoa hamlet, there are 6 households who are concerned and do not agree with the state's land acquisition within a 35m radius (in the photo is the house and garden of one of the 6 households). Photo by Nhat Lan

Specifically: in Official Dispatch No. 8922/UBND-DTXD dated November 25, 2014, the Provincial People's Committee adjusted the construction scale of the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road with a shoulder width of 12m (road surface width 7m, sidewalk width on each side 2.5m); clearance area of ​​15m (including the foot of the slope).

According to residents, the Vinh City People's Committee's implementation of site clearance within a 35m area, while there is no official decision from the competent authority, is not in accordance with the law.

In fact, according to the adjusted master plan of Vinh city approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 52/QD-TTg and Decision No. 4522/QD-UBND.CN dated November 25, 2011 of the Provincial People's Committee, the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road is planned to have a roadbed width of 35m.

In Xuan Hoa hamlet, many households have received compensation funds and relocated to resettlement areas; or dismantled their structures and handed over their land to the state for project implementation. In the photo is a household in Xuan Hoa hamlet that has dismantled its structures and built a new fence to hand over its land to the state. Photo by Nhat Lan.

In 2014, when the detailed design was made, the provincial and city budgets faced many difficulties. Therefore, the Vinh City People's Committee proposed to the Provincial People's Committee that, in the immediate future, they would invest in building a road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road with a shoulder width of 12m and a clearance area of ​​15m.

The proposal of Vinh City People's Committee was approved by the Provincial People's Committee in Official Dispatch No. 8922/UBND-DTXD dated November 25, 2014.

The 35m road through the residential area of ​​Nghi An commune (bordering Nghi Duc commune) has been built. Photo by Nhat Lan

However, during the implementation process (in 2015 and 2016), the budget situation of the province and city was guaranteed. In addition, most of the people in the area affected by the route requested to carry out site clearance according to the original planning of 35m to create long-term stability for the people's lives; the state does not have to continue to carry out site clearance compensation when investing in the construction of the road phase 2.

Therefore, Vinh City People's Committee proposed that the Provincial People's Committee maintain the investment in the construction of the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road according to the content of Document 8922/UBND-DTXD of the Provincial People's Committee, but the compensation for site clearance through residential areas must be implemented in accordance with the initially approved planning of 35m.

This proposal of Vinh City People's Committee was approved by the Provincial People's Committee in Notice No. 113/TB-UBND dated March 1, 2017.

Resettlement areas in Nghi Duc commune have basically completed infrastructure items. Photo by Nhat Lan

On June 27, 2017, the Provincial People's Committee continued to issue Official Dispatch No. 4734/UBND-CN directing the Vinh City People's Committee to speed up the implementation of site clearance to build a 35m road to ensure progress. In Official Dispatch 4734, the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: The project of the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road is an important traffic route of Vinh City, which has been approved by the Prime Minister for planning with a 35m boundary.

According to the approved plan, the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road must be completed by December 31, 2017.

However, it has been nearly 5 months since the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch 4734/UBND-CN, but the handover of the site for road construction has not been completed, failing to ensure construction progress.

Due to this difficulty, the Government and the World Bank had to consider and approve an extension until June 30, 2018 to complete the project.

At the end of this road is the area of ​​Xuan Hoa hamlet, Nghi Duc commune, where there are households that have not yet handed over their land. Photo by Nhat Lan

According to the representative of the Vinh City People's Committee, in the past time, the City People's Committee and related agencies have organized dialogues and propaganda campaigns many times for households in Xuan Hoa hamlet, Nghi Duc commune, but have not yet achieved results.

Therefore, to complete the site clearance and hand over the site to contractors to construct the road according to the schedule extended by the Government and the World Bank, it is necessary to organize compulsory land recovery for 3 households.

The land acquisition will be carried out on November 23 and 24, 2017.

Nhat Lan