The overpass is rusty, grass is growing
Reported by PV Lao Dong Newspaper on the morning of May 19 in Dong Hoi City showed that the road project and railway bridge in the city center were almost "covered". The project has no workers working, many abutments are built to wear overgrown grass, iron and steel exposed to rain and rain.
This is one of the key projects expected to remove the bottleneck of inner-city traffic in Dong Hoi, connecting the city center with the western area. However, the project has been delayed for many years due to problems in site clearance and resettlement arrangements.
A representative of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Dong Hoi City said that the City People's Committee is coordinating with relevant units to urgently remove obstacles, especially arranging resettlement land for the remaining households to hand over clean land to the investor.
Not only the Dong Hoi City central overpass, a series of other important infrastructure projects such as the coastal road phase 2, Nhat Le 3 bridge, National Highway 12A, the section avoiding Ba Don town, are also in a state of prolonged delay.
According to the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Doan Ngoc Lam, the site clearance progress of these projects is "slow" and lacks initiative.
Nhat Le 3 Bridge and the road at both ends of the bridge are stillstanding, many households have not agreed on a compensation plan. Coastal roads are stuck in resettlement areas in Quang Trach, Le Thuy, Dong Hoi... National Highway 12A, the section avoiding Ba Don town, has not been completely handed over, delayed for more than 6 months.
The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested relevant localities to complete site clearance for projects in May, otherwise they will be responsible to the Provincial People's Committee. The province also directed the Department of Planning and Investment to monitor the overall situation and propose adjustments, even recalls for projects that are not feasible.
Acceleration from May 2025
At the coastal road project, the province requires People's Committees of districts, towns and cities to urgently approve the remaining compensation plans, especially aquaculture households in Quang Ninh, Bo Trach and Le Thuy. In Dong Hoi City, the resettlement lots for Nhat Le Bridge project are planned and constructed, requesting land allocation to people before May 20 to catch up the site.
For the road and railway project of Dong Hoi city center, the provincial Land Fund Development Center is required to urgently complete the dossier, tally assets, pricing and publicize compensation plans. Infrastructure of resettlement area west of Huu Nghi street has been completed, the City People's Committee must allocate land so that people can hand over the ground on time. Relevant households have drawn and agreed on the location, just waiting for the procedures for land allocation to be able to relocate.
As for National Highway 12A, the Ba Don bypass section, the People's Committees of Quang Trach district and Ba Don town are required to urgently complete the valuation, apply prices, pay and enforce if necessary. The Provincial Police will support the force when implementing enforcement to protect construction. Localities are also required to develop a plan for enforcement and protection of construction, prepare forces to coordinate to thoroughly handle the remaining problems.
The Provincial People's Committee emphasized that the current difficulties are mostly in the locality, from lack of determination to confusion in implementation. Therefore, localities must have a plan to protect construction and handle it completely in May to ensure the progress of public investment disbursement and start construction of important items in 2025.
The province also requested the Department of Finance to proactively coordinate and promptly submit additional funding to localities with large incidents in site clearance costs.
