In the afternoon of January 12, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting to listen to the report on the investment project for the Son La - Dien Bien - Tay Trang Border Gate expressway section (phase 1).
Phase 1 section has its starting point at the border between Dien Bien and Son La provinces, the ending point connecting to Dien Bien Phu ward, with a scale of 4 full lanes, 2 emergency stop lanes.
The project uses public investment capital, with a preliminary total investment of about 23,252 billion VND.
Currently, the provisions of the law on public investment have allowed the locality to be the managing agency to implement highway investments passing through 2 or more localities.
However, for the case of investing in highways in a locality, there is no specific regulation assigning that locality to be the managing agency to implement the investment.
Therefore, Dien Bien province proposed that the Prime Minister consider and decide to assign Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee as the managing agency to implement the project.
At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Construction Le Anh Tuan said that in order to have a full legal basis for implementation, the Ministry of Construction has submitted a draft decree amending and supplementing Decree 165/2024/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Road Law and Article 77 of the Road Traffic Order and Safety Law.
Representatives of the Ministry of Finance said that assigning localities to be the managing agency for investment in expressway sections in one locality is not contrary to the Law on Public Investment, does not encroach on authority, and the aggregation and allocation of capital is still implemented according to the medium-term public investment plan.
Concluding the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister agreed with the policy of assigning Dien Bien province to be the investment management agency for the Son La - Dien Bien - Tay Trang Border Gate expressway section, implementing it according to the law on public investment and relevant decrees.
Dien Bien province needs to prepare an investment plan as the investor. The Ministry of Finance is responsible for balancing and allocating public investment capital according to regulations.
At the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister also agreed on the policy of assigning Son La province to be the investment management agency for the Moc Chau - Son La expressway section to deploy synchronously and operate effectively.
