The high-speed railway project on the North-South axis passes through 20 provinces and cities, with 23 passenger stations and 5 freight stations. Of which, the section passing through Gia Lai province is more than 115km long (from km886+300 to km1002), starting from Hoai Nhon Bac ward ( bordering Quang Ngai province) and ending in Quy Nhon Tay ward ( bordering the old Phu Yen province).
According to the pre-feasibility study report, the total land use demand of the project through Gia Lai province is about 758 hectares. The site clearance work is expected to be carried out on an area of over 323 hectares, affecting about 4,435 households.
Up to now, the People's Committee of Gia Lai province has advised the Provincial Party Committee to issue decisions to establish a Project Land Acquisition Steering Committee. Localities are assigned to notify and propagate to people within the expected scope of site clearance, in order to prevent illegal construction, and not allow organizations and individuals to take advantage of compensation policies related to the project.
Assign the Provincial Land Fund Development Center as the investor, preparing to deploy the construction of resettlement areas (TDC) and burial areas to serve the site clearance work. At the same time, procedures were deployed for 3 landfill locations and 10 land mines, serving the construction of resettlement areas and burial areas.
Gia Lai province proposed that the Ministry of Construction direct the Railway Project Management Board to promptly deploy site clearance stakes in the field and hand them over to the locality to accurately determine the number of affected households. This will be the basis for cadastral maps, site clearance implementation, resettlement, and project implementation progress. The province also proposed to allocate funds from the central budget to promptly deploy investment in the construction of resettlement areas and burial areas to serve the project.
Notably, Gia Lai province proposed that the Ministry of Construction report to the Government to consider issuing a special mechanism in licensing mineral exploitation for common construction materials to supply the project, contributing to speeding up construction progress.
According to the Gia Lai Provincial Land Fund Development Center, the whole province plans to build 39 resettlement areas and 6 burial areas to serve the relocation and site clearance work for the project. Currently, the marking of 4 resettlement areas has been completed, including: Hy Van resettlement area (Hoai Nhon Bac ward); Tan Lap 4 resettlement area (An Nhon Tay commune); Nhon Tho resettlement area (An Nhon Nam ward); and Tay Vinh resettlement area (Binh An commune). In particular, Tay Vinh resettlement area has completed compensation, site clearance and land acquisition.
Each resettlement area has an area of about 2-3 hectares, arranged with 70-100 households. It is expected that these 4 resettlement areas will start construction before August 19. The remaining resettlement areas will continue to be planned and implemented in the coming time.
The total capital used for site clearance for resettlement areas is expected to be more than VND1,000 billion; the investment cost for the construction of resettlement areas and burial areas is expected to be about more than VND1,400 billion. The resettlement areas will be arranged adjacent to the resettlement areas serving the North - South expressway project, to ensure synchronous infrastructure and compliance with urban development planning.
Mr. Ngo Tung Son - Director of the Gia Lai Provincial Land Fund Development Center - said that the unit has sent specialized staff directly to the site to survey, measure and count the amount of affected assets. The work is taking place continuously, including weekends, to ensure the project's progress.
"We have requested localities to urgently prepare documents and estimates for site clearance costs to send to the Center before July 15 for synthesis and submission to the Provincial People's Committee for appraisal, ensuring synchronous site clearance progress for the entire route," said Mr. Son.
