Public investment accelerated
Ngày Đăng: 05/10/2023
After the first quarter of GDP growth decelerated to only 3.32%, a series of bright spots from the economy's indicators in April showed that the Government's efforts to revive growth are on the right track.
Construction sites have no days off
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assessed public investment as one of the important driving forces for economic growth, especially in today's very difficult conditions. Transportation projects account for a large proportion of public investment capital in the 2021 - 2025 period, being deployed simultaneously in all regions, with the North - South and East - West highway systems. According to the head of the Government, the amount of work to be done is very large, requiring a very high determination, effort, focus, drasticness, and strength from ministries, branches, investors, and contractors. , advise...
Mai Son Expressway - National Highway 45 opens to traffic on April 29, 2023
As of April 30, the whole country has disbursed public investment of 110,633 billion VND, reaching 15.65% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister. Although lower than the same period in 2022 (18.48%), in absolute terms, it increased by nearly 15,000 billion VND compared to the same period in 2022.
Talking to Thanh Nien, Mr. Pham Quoc Huy, Managing Director of Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet Expressway Project, Project Management Board 7 (Ministry of Transport), said that throughout the holidays of April 30, officers and engineers Engineers and workers are still working under the harsh sun of the Central region, with the spirit of "3 shifts, 4 crews" in time to bring the 100.3 km long project to the finish line.
"Currently, the project has completed the main route, overpasses, and auxiliary items such as traffic organization... to open to traffic on May 19. As for some auxiliary items such as frontage roads, due to material problems The land fill has been extended until June 30. Even though there are some objective difficulties such as the locality is about to start having a lot of rain, the committee is still determined to strive to complete it on schedule," Mr. Huy said.
After the two highways Nha Trang - Cam Lam and Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet opened to traffic on May 19, the Ministry of Transport is also accelerating the construction progress to bring three more North - South expressway projects in the 2017 - 2020 period to completion. from now until the end of 2023.
In the latest directive on accelerating the progress of key projects, the Prime Minister also set the time for the Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau, Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot expressway projects. , Belt 4 of Hanoi Capital Region, Belt 3 of Ho Chi Minh City. The Ministry of Transport and localities must urgently carry out site clearance work to ensure handover of 70% of the site area and complete prescribed procedures to start construction before June 30.
By all means keep the project progress
On May 10, the Steering Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Ring 3 Component 2 Project (SPC) issued a written report to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on difficulties in land recovery, compensation, and support for land area 2D10 (Pham commune). Van Hai, Binh Chanh District) managed by Saigon Forestry Joint Stock Company (FORIMEX). Accordingly, more than 14 hectares of forest land were leased by the state in the form of annual land rental payments, subject to clearance for the Belt 3 project, but this enterprise did not cooperate in handing over. Therefore, the Standing Committee of Executive Committee requested the City People's Committee to issue a document requesting this company to hand over the affected area before May 15. If the company does not hand over, it will apply administrative measures to recover the land before May 25.
The next day (May 11), the Executive Committee continued to send an official dispatch to the Party Committee of Saigon Agriculture Corporation (FORIMEX's parent company) requesting to check for signs of violations and consider disciplining the cell and party committee levels. and related party members at FORIMEX for not cooperating in allocating land for the project. The "ultimatum" was just sent out one day. By May 12, FORIMEX had sent a document to the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the Executive Committee and the People's Committee of Binh Chanh District agreeing to hand over the land affected by the Ring Road 3 project. There is no need for intervention from the leaders of the City People's Committee.
In 2023, the Ministry of Transport will be assigned a record amount of public investment capital of VND 94,161 billion. It is estimated that by the end of April 2023, the Ministry has disbursed about 21,809 billion VND, reaching 23.2% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, this is also a result higher than the average disbursement level of the country.
In just 2 days, 14 hectares of land belonging to an "unwilling, uncooperative" unit was thoroughly handled. Never before has the compensation and site clearance work for a project in Ho Chi Minh City been implemented so drastically. Previously, Thu Duc City and Cu Chi District also began paying compensation to households and organizations that agreed to hand over the premises, determined to reach the goal of handing over 70% of the premises in June to Meet the progress of starting 4 construction and installation packages of Ring Road 3.
Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Transport Construction Investment Project Management Board (TCIP), said that the entire political system of the city is focusing its efforts on controlling the progress of Ring Road 3. because this project alone accounts for 80% of the disbursement rate of public investment capital that TCIP was assigned by Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee this year, equivalent to 23,000/31,000 billion VND.
My Thuan 2 Bridge, connecting Trung Luong - My Thuan and My Thuan - Can Tho expressways, is gradually being completed
According to Mr. Phuc, TCIP has currently transferred the first round of compensation funds to Thu Duc City and districts amounting to more than 5,624 billion VND. The second phase of VND 10,000 billion will continue to be deployed in September and October and will be completed before November this year. Technical design documents of 4 construction and installation packages that will start at the end of June have also been evaluated and approved. From now until the end of June, the investor will organize bidding to select construction contractors, consult and sign contracts to start construction. The construction will have 2 payment installments, the first installment is about 2,000 billion VND at the end of June. In the following months, construction and installation packages will continue to start construction and receive advances. The disbursement proportion will fall at the end of the second quarter, gradually increase in the third and fourth quarters and reach a disbursement level of VND 5,000 billion at the end of the year.
"When an economy enters a recession, many production industries stagnate, focusing resources and solutions to disburse public investment capital is a mandatory direction to restore the economy. Construction Infrastructure is an activity that "consumes" a lot of labor, creates many jobs, and leads to many services that stimulate consumption. When construction activities are concentrated, industries such as iron production follow. Steel and construction materials will also move. This is a catalyst, an important link to change the situation, preventing market recession." According to - Dr. Vu Anh Tuan, Director of Viet Duc Transportation Research and Development Center
"The progress of starting the project before June 30 is still being kept. The roadmap has very clear progress, calculated week by week. All progress is being controlled according to plan. Belt 3 must definitely disburse over 95% % this year. City leaders are determined to achieve the record disbursement target to create a turning point for the city's economy," Mr. Phuc affirmed.
Similarly, the Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway, an important section of the North - South expressway connecting to Belt 3, creating a connecting loop for the entire Southeast and Southwest regions, has also just been reconstructed. After 3 years of "hanging cranes". To "rescue" this vital road due to the failure of the foreign loan plan, the investor, VEC, requested to allocate more than 7,547 billion VND to deduct legally accumulated cash flow from the enterprise's production and business activities. to complete the remaining work. VEC said it will create the best conditions for contractors to complete on schedule and with contract quality to bring the entire Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway project to completion as soon as possible, without missing the deadline. by 2025 as submitted to the Government.