Quang Binh has handed over more than 95% of the North-South expressway

On April 24, the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province held a meeting on compensation, support, and site clearance (clearance) for the Eastern North-South Expressway construction project in the 2021-2025 period, section passing through the province.

According to the report, currently, the total length of route sections handed over to project management boards is 120.16km/126.43km (reaching 95.04%), the remaining 6.27km (accounting for 4 .96%) has not been handed over. Since implementing the project until now, the district People’s Committee has approved a value of over 2,039 billion VND; Payment of over 1,820 billion VND (reaching 89.28%).

Construction of the North-South expressway passing through Quang Binh

Currently, 7/26 resettlement areas have been completed, and 19/26 resettlement areas are under construction, with an average of about 89% of the volume. To date, localities have completed and handed over to people 11/13 cemeteries. For high voltage power lines, relocation work has been completed. For medium and low voltage power lines, telecommunications, transformer stations, and BTS stations, the average volume is about 68%.

Districts are organizing relocation and reimbursement for affected social infrastructure works. In 2024, localities have disbursed over 592 billion VND (reaching 68.73%). Reserves of common material mines and waste dumps in the province meet the needs of component projects.

Mr. Tran Thang, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province, emphasized that to meet the Prime Minister’s request to complete site clearance work before April 30, localities need to take advantage of the weather and focus on human resources and machinery. to complete construction of resettlement areas and relocate technical infrastructure; promptly support people to relocate to resettlement areas; For resettlement areas that have not been completed and building houses in new locations also takes time, localities should research temporary settlement plans for people. The Provincial Police firmly grasps the situation to strictly handle, in accordance with the law, cases of violation, opposition, and obstruction of site clearance work of national key projects.

Request project management boards (Ministry of Transport) to continue to actively coordinate closely with localities to remove difficulties and obstacles; meet sufficient funding for compensation payments and site clearance for localities; Managing waste dumps to ensure regulations and environmental protection; For households near the 3m project area, it is necessary to clearly determine the scope of impact on people’s lives. If safety is not guaranteed, people must be supported to relocate.

Provincial leaders also requested departments, branches and localities to take drastic action to quickly resolve the handover of the North-South expressway project; proactively monitor and understand the situation and progress of project implementation, difficulties and problems to promptly advise the Provincial People’s Committee and Provincial Steering Committee to direct and resolve according to regulations.

Dinh Tuan