In the hillsides of the border region of Lang, the sound of rollers, excavators, and dump trucks connecting each other roars day and night.
But behind that urgent construction, the tens of trillions of VND highway at the border gate is still facing many obstacles.
Site clearance is still stuck, technical infrastructure has not been completely relocated, while gasoline and asphalt prices have increased, causing contractors to find ways to solve the financial problem.
According to a report by Huu Nghi - Chi Lang Expressway Joint Stock Company, the project has a total adjusted investment of 11,808 billion VND, with a total length of 59.87km.
As of April 1st, the realized value reached 5,297.56/7,949.82 billion VND, equivalent to 66.64% of the contract value, but still 4.6% behind the progress of the 2nd adjustment.
On the handed-over site, contractors are straining to stick to the construction site with 2,599 personnel, 1,195 equipment, deploying 131 construction teams on 5 bidding packages.
Many items have achieved high volumes such as excavation reaching 94.47%, K95 foundation filling reaching 93.77%, drilled piles reaching 99.16%, prestressed girder casting reaching 96.59%, abutment concrete reaching 92.64%.
However, the road surface item, type 1 gravel grade only reached 61.42%, asphalt concrete BTNR25 reached 34.99%, BTNC19 reached 23.35% and asphalt concrete layer P16 reached 20.41%.
Mr. Tran Van Chuan - Director of the Project Management Board (PMB), Huu Nghi - Chi Lang Expressway Joint Stock Company - said that the project is in the peak stage of completing the foundation system and asphalt concrete road surface.
At the construction site, about 1,000 units are operating, the amount of gasoline and oil consumed is up to thousands of liters per day. Along with that, contractors also need hundreds of tons of asphalt to pave the sections of the route that have completed the crushed stone layer.
Not only worried about material prices fluctuating, the project is also stuck by site bottlenecks that have not been completely removed.
According to FS design documents, there are currently 17 households that have not moved houses to hand over land, a decrease of 1 household compared to the previous period.
In which, Dong Dang commune still has 7 households, Dong Kinh ward still has 6 households, Hoang Van Thu commune still has 4 households. In addition, there are 15 households with re-encroachment works and architectural structures within the scope of IC01 intersection in Dong Dang commune.
The additional site clearance according to the technical design dossier still has 49 households in Dong Dang commune that have not handed over land for the project.
Another obstacle that is also present is 7 locations of technical infrastructure that have not been relocated, related to power lines, telecommunication cables and other technical works in Dong Dang commune, Hoang Van Thu commune and Ky Lua ward.
In the context that there is not much time left, the project enterprise has proposed to the Lang Son Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board and relevant departments and branches to urgently complete site clearance and relocate all remaining technical infrastructure before April 15," said the representative of the project enterprise.
Regarding fuel supply, Mr. Bui Quoc Khanh - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade - said that in the face of complicated fluctuations in gasoline and oil prices, the department has closely followed the direction of the Government, the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to advise the Provincial People's Committee to implement solutions to ensure supply, and at the same time support the removal of difficulties for construction contractors.
Currently, the supply of gasoline and oil in the province is still guaranteed, meeting the living and production needs of people and businesses.
