Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Transport has called on localitiesto speed up the construction of transport projects as many are reportedlylagging behind schedule.
Therequest was made by Minister Nguyen Van Thang at an online meeting between thetransport ministry with local departments of transport to review the progress,quality and disbursement of assigned transportation projects.
As many as 30 transportation projects with a total investment of 20.3 trillion VND(864 million USD) are assigned to the Department of Transport and ProjectManagement Unit (PMU) of Dak Lak province. Of 18 ongoing constructions, thereare 10 behind schedule that were unable to be completed in 2022.
Delaysare blamed on difficulties in land clearance in the areas of these projects.Many projects have recalled the costs of land clearance higher than the fundgiven. For example, the Highway 32 project between Hien Luong and Yen Bai citygot delayed since the cost for clearance exceeded 100 billion VND (4 millionUSD).
TheTransport Construction Investment Management Authority also mentioned someprojects due to finish in 2023 but may be delayed. The reasons are the slowprogress in construction, difficulties in land clearance of which costsexceeded the fund given, long settlement as well as scarce sources of sandmaterials for construction.
Somecontractors have not gathered enough equipment and finance to start work.
Thangconfirmed that the Ministry of Transport will fully allocate capital to meetconstruction progress.
“Withthe projects headed by local PMU and Department of Transport, if they can pushthe project, push it to the maximum,” Minister Thang said. “The Ministry ofTransport will fully allocate funds to meet construction progress.”
In2023, the ministry received 94.1 trillion VND (4 billion USD) from the Statebudget. Up to now, they have detailed plans on capital to allocate totransportation projects. Accordingly, the projects that are headed by the localdepartments of transport were assigned 2.8 trillion VND (110 million USD),accounting for 3% of the total capital.
Withprojects due to finish in 2023, Minister Thang urged contractors to accumulatethe workload to finish it this year. With those that haven’t finished in 2022,the minister urged local departments to complete procedures to update progressand completion time after being approved by the Prime Minister./.
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