Minister Nguyen Van The traced the cause of the North Highway

In addition to tracing the cause of the delay in the progress of the East North-South Expressway project in the period of 2017 – 2020, Minister Nguyen Van The also directed the units to review each item, so as not to let the situation happen. Construction has increased but progress is still slow.

According to a report of the Department of Construction Management and Traffic Quality (Ministry of Transport), up to now, 10 North-South expressway component projects in the period 2017-2020 have accumulated a cumulative project construction output of more than 19,400 billion VND, equivalent to 34.3% of the contract value.

Evaluating the disbursement of investment capital, a representative of this Department said, the implementation progress of the component projects has basically met the plan.

However, there are still 3 projects behind schedule such as Dien Chau – Bai Vot project, the output reached 2.7% of the contract value, about 5.95% behind the original plan and 0.5% compared to the original plan. The plan is adjusted because the contractor (also the investor) is slow to mobilize personnel, construction machinery and equipment.

The Vinh Hao – Phan Thiet section, the output so far has reached 32.2% of the contract value, about 13.3% of the contract value is behind due to the difficulty in the source of soil materials for the road embankment and the contractor has not been active in construction. foundation, road surface.

At the Phan Thiet – Dau Giay section, the output is currently more than 38.5% of the contract value, about 1.4% of the contract value is behind due to the fact that the construction speed of embankment and road bedrock has not met the plan.

To ensure the progress of the North-South Expressway project is on schedule, Minister Nguyen Van The requested the Department of Construction and Traffic Quality Management to review each project in detail to see the current time. At the actual construction situation, how many kilometers are provided with crushed stone, plastic carpet, …

Minister Nguyen Van The traced the cause of the delay and asked the question: “Which projects are still stuck in the ground and at what position (if any), what are the solutions? Directors of Project Management Units must grasp the current situation and calculate how to deal with the delayed bidding packages in a small number of months.

Minister Nguyen Van The said that if the delay is due to lack of land, the transfer of volume and replacement of contractors does not make sense. At the same time, the requirement for the direction of the Project Management Board, the investor and the contractor to increase the construction tip and equipment, not to let the situation of the construction tip increase, but the progress is still slow.

Previously, evaluating the disbursement results of the first quarter of 2022 by the Ministry of Transport, Mr. Nguyen Danh Huy, Director of the Department of Planning, Investment and Information, the disbursement progress reached 17.2% – exceeding the national average. (reaching 13.9%).

Mr. Huy said that the disbursement value in the first quarter mainly focused on the recovery of advance plan, payment of BT debt, settlement, site clearance and contract advance; Disbursement of construction and installation volume is only about 3,000 billion VND, mainly concentrated in North – South expressway projects.

Some investors and Project Management Boards with disbursement results higher than the average rate of the Ministry of Transport are the Maritime Project Management Board, Thang Long Project Management Board, Dien Bien Department of Transport, Ho Chi Minh Road Project Management Board.