Clearing the sites for the expansion of National Highway 1 and Ho ChiMinh Highway in Central Highland region must be finished by April toensure the projects are completed in 2016.
Deputy PMNguyen Xuan Phuc made this order on December 11 at an online meetingwith officials of 22 provinces the roads run through, along withministries and agencies, including Electricity of Vietnam and militarytelecom company Viettel.
Considered the mostimportant highway in Vietnam, National Highway 1 runs through half ofthe provinces and cities in the country, linking Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho ChiMinh City and Can Tho.
The work to expand thenearly 1,400 km-long highway from central Thanh Hoa province to MekongDelta Can Tho city would create four lanes for motor vehicles and twolanes for motorbikes.
Officials noted that about25,000 households would have their land and houses acquired to make roomfor the road expansion, including 7,500 households relocated toresettlement areas.
About 7.35 trillion VND (348.2million USD) is needed for the site clearance, compensation andresettlement. So far, nearly 3 trillion VND (142.1 million USD) has beendisbursed to localities.
Meanwhile, the 663-km HoChi Minh Highway Project running through the Central Highland regionrequires 220ha of land and the resettlement of 620 households. Estimatedfunding for site clearance is 1.3 trillion VND (61.6 million USD),though until now only 82 billion VND (3.8 million USD) has beendisbursed.
According to the Ministry of Transport,site clearance was till a major difficulty in both projects. Forexample, the removal of infrastructure, including electricity ortelecommunication facilities, was moving slowly and failing to followplans.
Also, some localities, including the centralprovinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, could not raise enough money tocompensate households or build resettlement areas.
When asking localities and agencies to take drastic measures to speed upsite clearance, Deputy PM Phuc noted that the localities should listento local residents and negotiate further with them to harmonise benefitsto both the citizens and State.
Also, agencies wereasked to seek solutions to address difficulties, such as in identifyingland origins, to properly deliver compensation for households who hadtheir land acquired or sought funding.-VNA
Deputy PMNguyen Xuan Phuc made this order on December 11 at an online meetingwith officials of 22 provinces the roads run through, along withministries and agencies, including Electricity of Vietnam and militarytelecom company Viettel.
Considered the mostimportant highway in Vietnam, National Highway 1 runs through half ofthe provinces and cities in the country, linking Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho ChiMinh City and Can Tho.
The work to expand thenearly 1,400 km-long highway from central Thanh Hoa province to MekongDelta Can Tho city would create four lanes for motor vehicles and twolanes for motorbikes.
Officials noted that about25,000 households would have their land and houses acquired to make roomfor the road expansion, including 7,500 households relocated toresettlement areas.
About 7.35 trillion VND (348.2million USD) is needed for the site clearance, compensation andresettlement. So far, nearly 3 trillion VND (142.1 million USD) has beendisbursed to localities.
Meanwhile, the 663-km HoChi Minh Highway Project running through the Central Highland regionrequires 220ha of land and the resettlement of 620 households. Estimatedfunding for site clearance is 1.3 trillion VND (61.6 million USD),though until now only 82 billion VND (3.8 million USD) has beendisbursed.
According to the Ministry of Transport,site clearance was till a major difficulty in both projects. Forexample, the removal of infrastructure, including electricity ortelecommunication facilities, was moving slowly and failing to followplans.
Also, some localities, including the centralprovinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, could not raise enough money tocompensate households or build resettlement areas.
When asking localities and agencies to take drastic measures to speed upsite clearance, Deputy PM Phuc noted that the localities should listento local residents and negotiate further with them to harmonise benefitsto both the citizens and State.
Also, agencies wereasked to seek solutions to address difficulties, such as in identifyingland origins, to properly deliver compensation for households who hadtheir land acquired or sought funding.-VNA
