Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho acknowledged and commended Ha Tinh for its work in site clearance, removing difficulties in construction materials, and ensuring the smooth construction of the North-South Expressway.

Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho and his delegation inspected the construction progress at the intersection between the main North-South Expressway and National Highway 8 in Thanh Binh Thinh Commune, Duc Tho District. This is also the connection point between the Dien Chau - Bai Vot Expressway section of the North-South Expressway Project in the 2017 - 2020 phase and the Bai Vot - Ham Nghi Expressway section of the 2021 - 2025 phase through Ha Tinh province.

A working group from the Ministry of Transport inspected the construction at the intersection between the main North-South Expressway and National Highway 8 in Thanh Binh Thinh Commune, Duc Tho District.

Next, the working delegation of the Ministry of Transport inspected the intersection of the main highway with Provincial Road 548 through Trung Loc commune (Can Loc), the construction progress of the Ham Nghi - Vung Ang highway section in Tan Lam Huong commune (Thach Ha) and 2 intersections between the road connecting with the main highway section through Cam Quan commune (Cam Xuyen) and Ky Dong commune (Ky Anh).

The intersection area between the North-South expressway main route and National Highway 8 in Thanh Binh Thinh commune, Duc Tho district.

The North-South Eastern Expressway Project, phase 2021-2025, through Ha Tinh province, is 102.38 km long, including 3 sections: Bai Vot - Ham Nghi, Ham Nghi - Vung Ang and Vung Ang - Bung. In addition, there are 3 expressway connecting routes with a length of 12.18 km, namely Ngo Quyen - DT.550 road, the expressway parallel road connecting DT.550 - Ham Nghi extension and Cam Quan - National Highway 1 road.

According to the report of the Ha Tinh Department of Transport, up to now, the province has completed the inventory; implemented the pricing, approved the compensation plan reaching 99.07% and handed over the site reaching 98.04%, disbursed the GPMB capital source reaching 2,127/2,853.43 billion VND (reaching 74.54%).

Deputy Minister of Transport and working delegation inspect the construction progress of the main expressway intersection with Provincial Road 548 through Trung Loc commune, Can Loc district.

The province has also implemented the construction of 26 resettlement areas and 4 cemeteries. Currently, 6 resettlement areas and 2 cemeteries have reached 100% completion, the remaining 20-97%. The relocation of power lines, telecommunications systems and other technical works is underway.

Ha Tinh also coordinated with investors and contractors to resolve problems in site clearance for mining areas and reforestation. Up to now, among the 11 mining areas approved by the province, some mineral mines have been exploited. Thanks to that, the difficulty in the source of construction materials for the construction of the expressway in Ha Tinh has been basically resolved.

Taking advantage of favorable weather, contractors are focusing on construction of the North-South expressway project.

At the meeting, representatives of the Thang Long Project Management Board and contractors of the two component projects of the Bai Vot - Ham Nghi and Ham Nghi - Vung Ang expressways informed that the current construction process of the project in Ha Tinh province has not encountered any complicated problems related to the site and construction material sources. The investor and contractor are coordinating with the province to continue to resolve some problems related to the relocation of power line infrastructure, pig farms, and land compensation for mineral exploitation areas.

Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho acknowledged and highly appreciated Ha Tinh in site clearance and ensuring material sources for highway construction.

After listening to reports from units and inspecting the site, Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho acknowledged and highly appreciated Ha Tinh in carrying out site clearance work and ensuring the source of construction materials for the North-South expressway project.

According to Deputy Minister Le Dinh Tho, site clearance and construction material sources are two very important factors in ensuring the progress of the expressway. During the construction process, the localities where the project passes through all encountered difficulties in site clearance and construction materials, but Ha Tinh has been very active and made efforts to remove obstacles, creating favorable conditions for the project to be implemented smoothly.

The Deputy Minister of Transport requested the province to continue to resolve remaining problems related to site clearance and construction materials; speed up the construction progress of resettlement areas. Regarding difficulties and problems related to central ministries and branches, the province needs to gather them so that the delegation can report to each unit in coordinating to resolve them.

Regarding the province's proposal to expand local roads connecting to the main highway, Deputy Minister Le Dinh Tho assigned the investor (Thang Long Project Management Board, Project Management Board 6) to work and reach an agreement with the province in the spirit of facilitating the socio-economic development of the locality after the highway project is completed.

On the basis of the site and construction material sources having been cleared, the Deputy Minister of Transport also requested the investor to direct the contractor to increase human resources and machinery, take advantage of the favorable weather to work day and night, ensuring the project's progress.

Van Duc