Asphalt dusty road

Mr. Dang Quoc Bang, technical officer, HAG Consulting - Investment and Construction Company (construction contractor) said that the company was assigned to construct route DT948, the section through Tri Ton district is 1.5km long.

Previously, due to site clearance issues, the contractor encountered many difficulties in construction. Meanwhile, at the location, the contractor in charge was laying crushed stone to construct the road surface.

Weather conditions during this time are alternating between sunshine and rain, causing the road surface to be dusty when sunny and muddy when rainy, affecting the travel and daily activities of local people.

Immediately after Giao thong Newspaper's reflection on the dusty construction route, affecting people's lives and posing a risk to traffic safety, along with the drastic intervention of local authorities, some difficulties were gradually resolved and the contractor increased human resources, equipment, overtime, and shift work to speed up construction.

Up to this point, the construction has basically gone smoothly and the contractor is starting to asphalt the road surface. It is expected that by the end of this week, the 800m section with no more land clearance issues will be completed.

As for the remaining part, because the contractor has just received the clean site recently, they have just organized workers to carry out the work related to installing the longitudinal ditch.

After that, the contractor will have workers construct the stone road foundation 04 and strive from now until the end of this year, the road surface will be paved with asphalt according to regulations.

“In addition to speeding up to complete the assigned work, the contractor is also active in ensuring traffic safety during construction.

Specifically, to pave the road surface, the contractor will divide traffic on one side and use the other side for construction. In addition, during the implementation process, the contractor will also assign people to stand guard at both ends to guide people to travel conveniently and safely," Mr. Bang added.

Will enforce construction

Mr. Hua Van Tai, Director of the Project Management Board, Investment and Construction of Tinh Bien town (investor) said that the urgent upgrading and expansion project of DT948 belongs to the national defense and security line of the border and ethnic areas, phase 2, with a total investment of nearly 997 billion VND.

The entire route is more than 16km long, divided into two segments passing through Tinh Bien town and Tri Ton district. Of which, the section passing through Tinh Bien town is nearly 10.6km long, the rest belongs to Tri Ton district.

The project is a grade III delta road with a design speed of 80km/h. The project started in September 2022 and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. However, to date, the project progress has only reached 52%, 18% behind schedule.

The reason the contractor has not yet achieved 70% of the project progress as prescribed is because the site clearance work has not been completed, leading to many difficulties in organizing and arranging machinery and equipment.

Specifically, the project affects 1,669 households, of which 1,490 are in Tinh Bien town. To date, 1,443 households have handed over the construction site, while the remaining 47 households have not agreed to hand over the site.

In Tri Ton district alone, the project affects 179 households. To date, 174 households have handed over the construction site, while the remaining 5 households have not agreed to hand over the site for project implementation.

“The investor is also actively coordinating with relevant units to increase propaganda so that people can hand over the site. Once the site is cleared, the investor will direct the contractor to immediately carry out related tasks so that the road surface can be paved by the end of this year.

For households that have not yet handed over the site, the investor is also coordinating with relevant units to complete documents and procedures to protect construction so that the project can be completed soon and put into use according to regulations," Mr. Tai added.