The Ngoi Hoa - National Highway 6 road project was approved by the People's Council of Hoa Binh province in December 2020 with a total investment of 305 billion VND, of which the provincial budget is 295 billion VND and the district budget is 10 billion VND.
The project will start construction at the end of 2022 and is scheduled to be completed after 24 months. The construction contract implementation period is 720 days (from December 28, 2022 to December 18, 2024).
The total length of the route is 14.86km (1 main route and 1 branch route) designed according to the standards of a grade 4 mountainous road.
The starting point intersects with National Highway 6 at Km108+500, in Phong Phu commune; the ending point intersects with Provincial Road 435 at Km20+480, in Suoi Hoa commune. The roadbed is 7.5m, the road surface is 5.5m, the asphalt concrete road surface is 7cm thick.
The route is built to directly connect National Highway 6 with Provincial Road 435; increase the connectivity of Hoa Binh Lake tourist areas - Tan Lac district (Lung Van, Pu Luong) - Mai Chau district, exploit the tourism strengths of the locality and neighboring areas; stabilize life, promote socio-economic development, and enhance trade in the region.
However, after more than two years of construction, only 20.5% of the work volume has been accepted.
Regarding this issue, at the end of November 2024, the Standing Committee of Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee agreed to adjust the investment policy of the Ngoi Hoa Road - National Highway 6 project.
Accordingly, the total adjusted investment is expected to be 325 billion VND (an increase of 20 billion VND), of which the provincial budget is 307 billion VND and the Tan Lac district budget is 18 billion VND.
Project implementation time is adjusted from 2021 to the end of 2025 (1 year longer than the original plan).
Regarding the reason for the need to adjust the investment policy, according to the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province, the increased costs are due to the process of measuring and mapping cadastral maps being precised during the project implementation phase and the regulations on support levels and compensation unit prices have changed compared to the time of project establishment, other costs and contingency costs have increased.
The project took a long time to carry out the procedures related to converting forest use purposes, land use purposes, and procedures for exploiting minerals for embankment materials; site clearance encountered many difficulties because people did not agree with the resettlement compensation unit price according to state regulations (mainly on land prices), leading to the propaganda and mobilization of people to agree with the site clearance plan taking a long time.
In addition, affected by the complicated storm situation every year, especially storm No. 3 (Yagi) in 2024 causing widespread heavy rain affecting the construction progress of the project, the project has not been able to organize and implement construction simultaneously according to the plan,...
On December 9, according to the reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper, after a period of construction, this project is still in a messy and messy state. In particular, at the starting point of the project (connecting with National Highway 6), there are still no signs of construction.
