Hai Phong City Party Secretary inspects vulnerable dykes

On the afternoon of November 26, Mr. Le Tien Chau, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Hai Phong City and leaders of local departments and branches inspected a number of key dykes in the city. Accompanying him were Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Tran Van Quan, leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment and heads of a number of related departments and branches.

The inspection team visited the following locations: Sat River line through the city; Thai Binh right dike section from Van Thai village, Tue Tinh commune (adjacent to Bac Ninh province) to Phu Luong bridgehead; Van Uc left and right dike section through the city.

In the above-mentioned dike sections, the concrete dike surface structure has been damaged and degraded, causing difficulties in responding to natural disaster prevention and coordination on the dike surface. Some culverts and dyke guard posts have been damaged and degraded, requiring new construction. The dike body still has many potential mysteries, many locations where leaks appear; Some places have low dike elevation than the designed flood elevation, small dike surface...

After inspecting and listening to the leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment and related units report on the current status of dykes, plans, and expected time for renovation and upgrading of weak dykes, the Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee directed: To minimize flooding during the flood and storm season in 2026, the Party Committee of the City People's Committee assigned the Management Board of the Western Hai Phong Construction Investment Project to urgently complete procedures and promptly report the investment policy for the Sat River Embankment renovation and upgrading project from Cay Bridge to Cat Bridge (Kim Son River) in the first quarter of 2026; strive to start the project in 2026.

On the right Thai Binh dike section from Van Thai village, Tue Tinh commune (adjacent to Bac Ninh province) to the beginning of Phu Luong bridge: The Secretary of the City Party Committee requested the City People's Committee Party Committee to focus on directing, urgently completing procedures, and promptly reporting the investment policy in the first quarter of 2026, striving to start construction by the end of 2026.

On the Van Uc and Lach Tray left and right dykes section passing through the city: Assign the City People's Committee to focus on directing relevant agencies to actively coordinate with agencies and units to organize the implementation of the project in the city; mobilize people to move assets that violate the law on dykes and organize the implementation of site clearance, compensation, and support for households that have to relocate to ensure compliance with the provisions of law, ensuring the progress of project implementation.

For the project to invest in and build a new dike line to replace the right dike line of Lach Tray from Km14+350 to Km16+100 ( Voi Mountain Area, An Lao Commune): Assign the Hai Phong Traffic and Agricultural Construction Investment Project Management Board to direct the contractor to focus on human and material resources to speed up the project's construction progress according to the approved plan, striving to hand over the project for use before June 15, 2026.

For riverside wharves and yards: In the immediate future, the City People's Committee will be assigned to direct relevant agencies and propose the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee to consider issuing a new Resolution to focus on leading, directing and synchronously implementing solutions to put wharves and yards into production and business activities...