The Quy Nhon - Pleiku expressway construction investment project is 125km long, passing through 16 communes and wards; scale of 4 lanes, design speed of 100km/h, total investment of 43. 734 billion VND.
The project includes 3 components, implemented in the period 2025-2029, including: component 1, 22km long, total capital of 6,989 billion VND; component 2, 68km long, total capital of 27,576 billion VND; component 3, 35km long, total capital of 9,169 billion VND.
This is an important East-West traffic axis, connecting the South Central Coast with the Central Highlands, creating a quick access direction from the highlands to seaports and vice versa.
Construction site accelerates, constructing many fronts
Currently, component projects 1 and 3 are accelerating construction according to the site handover progress of localities. Component project 2 - the section with complex technical factors - is being urgently cleared for site clearance (GPMB) to prepare for commencement on May 19.
At component project 1 (Km0-Km22), there are 1,550 households subject to clearance. To date, compensation plans have been approved for 1,313 households and paid to 1,084 households; handed over 14.5km of land to the investor to organize construction.
Component project 2 (Km22-Km90) has 1,712 affected households; 1,358 households have been inventoried, 1,132 land origins have been confirmed, and 435 compensation plans have been approved.
For component project 3 (Km90-Km125), localities have approved compensation plans, organized payments and handed over more than 23km of land to the investor for construction.
Recorded in mid-April, component project site 1 was operating urgently. Contractors organized "3 shifts, 4 teams" construction, mobilizing maximum manpower and equipment, deploying simultaneously many fronts.
At package XL. 01 (Km0-Km12), the joint venture of Truong Son Construction Corporation - Construction Joint Stock Company 510 mobilized dozens of specialized equipment, focusing on foundation embankment, box culvert construction and casting reinforced concrete components.
The preparation for the construction of bored piles for An Nhon bridge and the North-South expressway overpass is being accelerated. At the construction site, workers' teams are working continuously, simultaneously deploying many bridge and road items.
Representatives of Construction Joint Stock Company 510 said that, clearly recognizing the importance of the project, the contractor consortium has mobilized maximum manpower, modern equipment, and used quality-assured materials to organize construction.
At locations where land has been available, contractors have arranged construction teams, and at the same time deployed service roads and service roads along the route, striving to complete the project 3 months ahead of schedule and put it into operation soon," this representative said.
At another construction site, Minh Hieu General Construction Co., Ltd. mobilized more than 30 equipment and about 50 workers, organizing construction until 10 pm every day. Although fuel prices increased, the unit still maintained continuous construction, without cutting machinery or manpower.
Removing bottlenecks to meet progress
According to the Gia Lai Provincial Traffic and Civil Works Project Management Board (investor), component projects 1 and 2 have completed the planting of concrete piles and handed over cadastral map drawing documents to localities. Some resettlement areas have completed payment and handed over land to construction contractors.
For component project 3, the GPMB plan for the main route has been approved to date, reaching about 82%, with a total cost of 1,003 billion VND; 180ha of land has been paid and handed over, corresponding to more than 23km (reaching 67.5%), with a cost of more than 752 billion VND.
The investor proposed that the Department of Construction soon appraise the design and estimate of the fiber optic cable relocation item; proposed that the Provincial People's Committee assign localities to carry out site clearance at the foundation of the power pole, adjust compensation prices for houses and architectural structures in accordance with the market...
Vice Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tu Cong Hoang assessed that the progress of projects has improved but is still slow, especially in component project 2. Localities need to accelerate to ensure overall progress.
Leaders of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee requested to complete site clearance before April 30; for agricultural land, compensation must be paid before April 25. Before June 30, resettlement land must be arranged, and at the same time, a clean water supply pipeline must be built to prevent people from lacking domestic water.
For resettlement, it is necessary to consider allocating land on paper first to people; at the same time, review and determine the appropriate land price, and submit it to the Provincial People's Committee for approval.
