According to the Department of Planning and Investment (Ministry of Transport), by April 2021, the Ministry of Transport has disbursed 6,821 billion VND out of a total of 42,996 billion VND, reaching 16% of the year plan. The disbursement result for the first 4 months, although higher than the same period in 2020, shows the performance of transport enterprises, but the disbursement value is mostly contract advance, the actual construction volume is not much. . The material mixing plant at My Thuan 2 bridge project is waiting for construction materials. In addition to Thang Long Project Management Board (PMU Thang Long), PMU My Thuan has the highest disbursement result of the Ministry of Transport, having disbursed VND 4,099 / 9,710 billion (concentrated in Phan Thiet- expressway project). Dau Giay ensures progress), reaching 42.2% of the delivery plan and 945 / 3,072 billion, reaching 30.8% of the delivery plan (focusing on the projects connecting National Highway (NH) 91, Long bypass Xuyen, My Thuan-Can Tho expressway, renovation of Tan Son Nhat airport runway to ensure progress), other PMUs have disbursement results lower than the average of the transport sector or delayed. For example, the PMU of Dak Lak Transport and Rural Development Works was assigned 250 billion VND, the disbursement plan registered by the end of April 2021 was 178.6 billion VND, but until now, it has only reached 15.4 billion VND. contract, reaching 6.2% of the plan or projects such as: My Thuan 2 Bridge, Upgrading NH53, Upgrading NH24, Upgrading NH25, Improvement of Highway 27, Section to bypass Lien Khuong … are all behind schedule. The road leading to My Thuan 2 bridge is waiting for the volume of soil, rock and sand to load the load. It is noteworthy that the North-South Expressway component project Mai Son-QL45 section still has many problems in the ground, the locality has not handed over to the construction contractor, seriously affecting the progress. The project is still entangled with about 2 km of un-handed ground. Other high-speed projects such as 2 new component projects converted to public investment (QL45-Nghi Son and Nghi Son-Dien Chau) are holding bidding to select construction contractors to start construction at the latest in June. / 2021; Three component projects implemented in PPP form (Dien Chau-Bai Vot, Nha Trang-Cam Lam, Cam Lam-Vinh Hao are still in contract negotiation stage, expected to start in the second quarter of 2021. “Ultimatum” Facing this fact, at the meeting of counting progress of urgent projects recently by the Ministry of Transport, Minister Nguyen Van The affirmed, did not accept the status of the project behind schedule and there will be strong solutions to rectify businesses. Especially, a number of projects invested by the locality are “sluggish”, if there are no soon solutions to speed up construction progress, disbursement of capital, the Ministry will not assign any more projects. next time. Highway 53 is stuck with construction materials. “PMU who is slow should pay early, must transfer immediately, not let the situation of holding capital and disbursing slowly. The project is behind schedule, poor disbursement is directly related to the leadership capacity of the PMUs and must immediately handle the responsibilities of the PMU leaders “, Minister Nguyen Van The emphasized. Particularly for North-South expressway projects, “Industry Commander” requires the Ministry’s management agencies to urgently work with investors, PMU review and adjust the capital of projects. , ensuring to follow the disbursement plan of the industry. Especially, the PMU of Ho Chi Minh Road and the Department of Transport of Ninh Binh urgently direct and attach responsibility to the contractors for the two slow-moving high-speed projects, namely Cam Lo-La Son and Cao Bo-Mai Son. The North-South Expressway of Cam Lo-La Son section is facing land clearance. For 3 projects commenced simultaneously from September 30, 2020: Mai Son-QL45, Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet, Phan Thiet-Dau Giay are having problems with construction materials, Minister Nguyen Van The directs. direct the PMU to directly coordinate with local authorities to come to the material mines to remove solutions for price, capacity of exploitation, service road … to ensure the completion of construction progress. “The demand for construction materials for the North-South expressway is about 60.7 million m3 of soil, 21.5 million m3 of rock and 10.8 million m3 of sand. meeting the supply volume according to the project schedule Many mines have expired, are waiting for renewal of licenses, while some private mines are not ready to sign contracts to wait for prices to go up. … These issues need to be solved soon ”, said Mr. Le Quyet Tien, Deputy Director of Traffic Construction Management and Quality (Ministry of Transport).

Khanh Hoa prepares building materials

Mr. Nguyen Van Dan, Director of the Department of Transport – Transport (MOT) of Khanh Hoa province, said that this Department, together with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the districts and towns with the highway passing through, are urgently reviewing. , report and propose licensing of material mines for construction as soon as the North – South expressway section passes Khanh Hoa expected in the second quarter of 2021.

According to calculations, the North – South expressway project Nha Trang – Cam Lam section needs more than 3 million cubic meters of land for leveling; the section of Cam Lam – Vinh Hao, requires 200,000 m3 of soil for embankment. In addition, the project also needs a large amount of stone for the production of hot asphalt concrete on the road surface. With such a great demand, the project investors are worried about the source of materials during the construction process.

To proactively source materials, from March 2020, the Project Management Board of Ho Chi Minh Road sent a document to the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa province on the agreement on a material mine, landfill site. According to Mr. Nguyen Van Dan, raw materials for the construction of the North-South expressway through Khanh Hoa are relatively abundant. “The People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa province has approved the quarries, sand for common building materials and land mines for landfilling, which have been issued with a valid mineral mining license by the PPC. has been approved by the Provincial People’s Committee, requesting the Project Management Board of Ho Chi Minh Road to update the above mineral mines to implement the regulations “, Mr. Dan said.

As for the earth, stone, and sand mines used to serve the project without environmental records, the mine owners must make an environmental impact assessment report and submit it to the Provincial People’s Committee for appraisal and approval; the quarry areas, sand as common building materials and land mines used for leveling have not been licensed for exploitation, assign the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to coordinate with relevant units to review and consult to report to the Provincial People’s Committee for handling and settlement.

According to Mr. Le Thanh Binh, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh Road Project Management Board (Ministry of Transport), up to this point, the North-South Expressway Project through Khanh Hoa province has basically completed the liberation. ground; Only a few jobs related to the relocation of technical infrastructure are still being carried out.

Recently, in the meeting with the leaders of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, Mr. Le Anh Tuan, Deputy Minister of Transport, also proposed Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee to create material sources, stabilize material prices during implementation, avoid cases. resources are scarce, prices are pushed up.

Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai have agreed the route plan

While the North-South expressway through Khanh Hoa was about to be started, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh have completed the route plan.

Mr. Nguyen Phong, Director of Quang Ngai Department of Transport, said that the locality has completed the planning of the route and is agreed by the Ministry of Transport, including the starting point at km130 + 800 expressways of Da Nang – Quang Ngai, in Nghia Dien commune (district Tu Nghia, Quang Ngai province) and the end point intersects Provincial Highway 629, in Bong Son town (Hoai Nhon, Binh Dinh).

On the Binh Dinh province side, Mr. Nguyen Tu Cong Hoang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee said that the North-South expressway project through Binh Dinh province was agreed by the Ministry of Transport to be divided into 3 component projects, including: Quang Ngai – Hoai Nhon Project, Hoai Nhon – Quy Nhon Project and Quy Nhon – Tuy Hoa Project (Phu Yen Province).

“There are two directions presented to the leaders of the province and the Ministry of Transport. In which, option 1 builds a route to the east (about 3-4 km from National Highway 1), 110 km long and option 2 builds a western direction (about 12-35 km from National Highway 1) 113 km long. “, Mr. Hoang said.

Through analysis, the two investment plans have their own advantages and disadvantages. However, if done according to option 1, the distance between the expressway to economic zones, industrial clusters and city center. Quy Nhon will be closer, convenient to connect traffic, promote the development of industries in many fields, create a driving force for socio-economic development.

“Option 1 is in line with the planning and development orientation of Binh Dinh to 2035, with a vision to 2050. Therefore, Binh Dinh chooses the plan to build the North-South expressway across the area according to the direction of the Eastern route “, Mr. Hoang emphasized.

According to Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan, the fact that Quang Ngai has agreed on the route is an important premise for the project to continue the implementation steps. As for Binh Dinh, the Ministry of Transport has asked the province to continue to work closely with the consultant and the Ministry of Transport to survey the entire North-South expressway through the area, at the same time providing more data related to the locality. project selected by the province.