A family of three generations have to live in a 12 sq.m house in a small alley on Tran Khat Chan street for the past 40 years because of projects that have been put on the shelves. (Photo cafef.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Hundreds ofurban design projects in Hanoi have been put on the shelf for years, forcingmany people whose homes would eventually disappear to live in misery.
Although Youth Park in Hai Ba Trung district has been awaiting expansion sincethe 70s, after several amendments to the plans, the project has not yetstarted.
The lives of more than 1,000 residents in the district’s Thanh Nhan commune arewaiting for the plans so that they can apply for land-use and building permitsin other areas.
In August 2016, the Hanoi People’s Committee offered two solutions to the problem,including adjusting the size of the project or resettling waitingresidents. However, there have been no advances and people continue tolive unstable lives.
There is a similar situation in Ba Dinh and Dong Da districts, where, in 2001,the city’s authority withdrew more than 7ha of people’s land to build the Dong Da Culture, Sport and Amusement Park.
Before the plan even started, the area was leased by private companies to buildhundreds of houses.
Thanh Xuan district’s Dam Hong Park also remains in the planning stage althoughit was conceived in 1999. Despite district requests, authorities have not yetmoved.
Other postponed plans are creating traffic problems. The expansion of TruongChinh street’s 102 Lane, for example, has come to a halt for years, forcingthousands of residents into a bottleneck.
Many privately invested projects are facing similar problems.
The reconstruction plan for Dai Co Viet street’s southern area by the Hanoi Housing Renovation and Development Joint Stock Company (Hadico) in 2002 hasbeen also postponed.
Although amendments to the plan were made in 2011 and 2017, the investors havenot yet gone ahead. The area of 32,000sq.m, which is in Le Dai Hanh and BachKhoa wards in Hai Ba Trung district, is now severely polluted as the drainagesystem has collapsed.
The large list of pending projects in Hanoi attract mixed opinions fromexperts.
Dang Hung Vo, former deputy minister of the Natural Resources and Environment,told Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper that improper analysis ofmanagement capacity was the main reason for the phenomenon.
“Urban design in other countries is based on the implementation capability ofrelated agencies. In Hanoi, conversely, the important factor is how beautifulthe blueprint is.
Therefore, it is necessary to have a detailed analysis andmeasurement plan to avoid creating delays,” he said.
Vo also asked the city authority to tighten management of construction plansand consider withdrawing postponed projects if they negatively affectedresidents’ lives.
He said feasibility, capital and implementation time were the three essentialfactors for any urban construction project. Therefore, if an investor wasunable to conduct a project, the authority should ask other agencies toimplement it.
Dao Ngoc Nghiem, deputy head of the Hanoi Urban Development Planning Association,said that the urban design in the city had changed several times after Law ofCapital was issued. The Law of Capital is the legal mechanism used to addressHanoi-based issues.
To solve the problems, Nghiem recommended that local authorities considercancelling those that were behind schedules or no longer suited the city’surban design.
Moreover, when investors were incapable of completing their projects, the cityneeded to assign other agencies to complete them to ensure citizens were notdeprived of their rights, he said.-VNA
Although Youth Park in Hai Ba Trung district has been awaiting expansion sincethe 70s, after several amendments to the plans, the project has not yetstarted.
The lives of more than 1,000 residents in the district’s Thanh Nhan commune arewaiting for the plans so that they can apply for land-use and building permitsin other areas.
In August 2016, the Hanoi People’s Committee offered two solutions to the problem,including adjusting the size of the project or resettling waitingresidents. However, there have been no advances and people continue tolive unstable lives.
There is a similar situation in Ba Dinh and Dong Da districts, where, in 2001,the city’s authority withdrew more than 7ha of people’s land to build the Dong Da Culture, Sport and Amusement Park.
Before the plan even started, the area was leased by private companies to buildhundreds of houses.
Thanh Xuan district’s Dam Hong Park also remains in the planning stage althoughit was conceived in 1999. Despite district requests, authorities have not yetmoved.
Other postponed plans are creating traffic problems. The expansion of TruongChinh street’s 102 Lane, for example, has come to a halt for years, forcingthousands of residents into a bottleneck.
Many privately invested projects are facing similar problems.
The reconstruction plan for Dai Co Viet street’s southern area by the Hanoi Housing Renovation and Development Joint Stock Company (Hadico) in 2002 hasbeen also postponed.
Although amendments to the plan were made in 2011 and 2017, the investors havenot yet gone ahead. The area of 32,000sq.m, which is in Le Dai Hanh and BachKhoa wards in Hai Ba Trung district, is now severely polluted as the drainagesystem has collapsed.
The large list of pending projects in Hanoi attract mixed opinions fromexperts.
Dang Hung Vo, former deputy minister of the Natural Resources and Environment,told Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper that improper analysis ofmanagement capacity was the main reason for the phenomenon.
“Urban design in other countries is based on the implementation capability ofrelated agencies. In Hanoi, conversely, the important factor is how beautifulthe blueprint is.
Therefore, it is necessary to have a detailed analysis andmeasurement plan to avoid creating delays,” he said.
Vo also asked the city authority to tighten management of construction plansand consider withdrawing postponed projects if they negatively affectedresidents’ lives.
He said feasibility, capital and implementation time were the three essentialfactors for any urban construction project. Therefore, if an investor wasunable to conduct a project, the authority should ask other agencies toimplement it.
Dao Ngoc Nghiem, deputy head of the Hanoi Urban Development Planning Association,said that the urban design in the city had changed several times after Law ofCapital was issued. The Law of Capital is the legal mechanism used to addressHanoi-based issues.
To solve the problems, Nghiem recommended that local authorities considercancelling those that were behind schedules or no longer suited the city’surban design.
Moreover, when investors were incapable of completing their projects, the cityneeded to assign other agencies to complete them to ensure citizens were notdeprived of their rights, he said.-VNA
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