In May 2023, the People's Council of Cao Bang province issued Resolution No. 20 approving the investment policy for the Cao Bang city dam construction project.
The investment goal of the project is to raise and stabilize the water level for the Bang River, create a landscape in the city center and facilitate the exploitation of surface water for production and daily life in the riverside area.
After the dam is built, it will create an open, spacious water surface space to regulate the climate, improve the ecological environment, develop services, tourism on the river and on both sides of the river.
The water-upprising dam helps reduce the increase in the river water level, increase the stability of the riverbank, reduce the flow rate, and minimize landslides.
Regulate water levels in the dry season by using flat valve gates and returning flood drainage aperture almost to the natural river, ensuring flood drainage capacity.
The project belongs to group B project with a total investment of 150 billion VND from the local budget supplemented by development investment expenditure invested by the Cao Bang City Investment and Construction Project Management Board.
On March 26, speaking with reporters, Mr. Nguyen The Hoan - Chairman of Cao Bang City People's Committee shared: "We have just had a direct dissemination meeting at the project site, the city and all contractors strive to complete the project on April 30 this year".
In addition to setting a goal of completing the project soon, Cao Bang city is continuing to develop a project to manage and exploit experiential tourism on the river after the dam is completed.
According to the actual records of the reporter, at the construction site, dozens of workers and machines are working busily to keep up with the assigned progress. 3/4 of the main pillars of the dam system have taken shape.
In addition to the construction of a dam system, the Bang Giang riverbed is also being actively dredged and cleared to beautify the landscape, helping the flow to flow better, ready for water raising after the dam is completed.
Mr. Hoang Van Quang (Cao Bang city) - shared: "The dam will perform a good function of flood drainage, avoid flooding, stabilize people's lives and if there are real boat docks on the river, this will be a new development direction for the locality".
According to the project investor's representative, the construction volume of the project has reached over 80%. According to the reporter's investigation, the project's construction package was signed on June 6, 2024, however, the weather was not favorable until early October 2024 (after storm No. 3 - Yagi), construction began.
According to the approved decision, the project implementation period is until the end of 2025, but currently, sufficient capital has been allocated (enough capital allocated before the project completion time). Therefore, the project has not fully utilized the capital plan, with an outstanding VND 57.136 billion in 2024.
The People's Committee of Cao Bang City also requested the Provincial People's Council and People's Committee to soon reallocate VND 57.136 billion after recovering the surplus capital in 2024 so that the project can be completed quickly.
