On November 2, speaking with Lao Dong reporter, Mr. Nguyen Cao Son - Vice Chairman of Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee said that the province is striving to complete the procedures to start the Ninh Binh - Hai Phong expressway project, the section through Ninh Binh by the end of December.
According to Mr. Son, the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee has approved the project and assigned the Provincial Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board as the investor. The investor has opened the bid for the survey package, established the technical design and is organizing the bid evaluation according to regulations.
"The Ninh Binh - Hai Phong Expressway, the section through Ninh Binh, is being implemented earlier than expected because it is applying a special policy mechanism according to Resolution 106/2023 of the National Assembly and the Prime Minister's decision to assign the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee to be the project's investment management agency," said Mr. Son.
According to Mr. Son, if the pilot policy is not piloted, and investment capital must be waited for according to regulations, the project will be implemented by the Ministry of Transport as the managing agency according to the State Budget Law and the Road Traffic Law, then the implementation process will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, affecting progress.
The Ninh Binh - Hai Phong expressway project, the section through Ninh Binh province, when not yet applied with the special mechanism, is not included in the medium-term public investment portfolio for the period 2021 - 2025 of the Ministry of Transport, and must be reported to the National Assembly to supplement the investment tasks, portfolio, and capital sources for project implementation. If approved by the National Assembly, it will still take a long time to complete investment procedures, leading to unsynchronized implementation with the Nam Dinh - Thai Binh expressway section. In addition, in the case of projects with the participation of local budgets, important national criteria will also appear, and the investment policy must be submitted to the National Assembly for decision.
"After the National Assembly issued a Resolution to pilot a number of specific policies, the Prime Minister delegated the authority to the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee to be the project's investment management agency. The Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee submitted it to the Provincial People's Council and made a decision on the investment policy after more than a month of being delegated by the Prime Minister. Currently, the project is being implemented faster than expected, with the time shortened by about 1/3 - 1/2 compared to the normal progress," Mr. Son affirmed.
In order to start the project soon, Ninh Binh province is speeding up the site clearance work. The project investor has handed over all site clearance markers to the localities for review and counting. The localities have held public meetings about the project with affected households to declare and count according to regulations.
The Ninh Binh - Hai Phong Expressway Project, the section through Ninh Binh has a total length of 25.3km (starting point at Mai Son intersection with the North-South Expressway, Yen Mo district; ending point at the Day River overpass, Yen Khanh district); the construction scale includes 4 complete lanes, the design speed is 120km/h, the roadbed width is 24.75m and auxiliary works on the route. The total investment is 6,865 billion VND, including the central budget and the Ninh Binh provincial budget. The project is expected to be completed in 2029.
