Da Nang People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh, on Tuesday, made inspection visits to construction sites of some key projects in the city.

Da Nang People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh (centre, front row) inspecting the construction site of the Ngo Quyen-Ngu Hanh Son route upgrade project.

At the construction site of the Ngo Quyen-Ngu Hanh Son route upgrade project, Chairman Chinh urged the project’s management board and construction units to deploy more construction workers to ensure that the upgrade work would be completed no later than December 31, 2021.

According to the municipal Management Board of Traffic Construction Investment Projects, to date, the installation of lighting system and surveillance cameras, the replacement of overhead power cables by underground ones, and the asphalting of the road surface, have been already completed.

During his visit to construction site of the Western Ring Road No.2, the city leader urged functional bodies to pay attention to site clearance, resettlement and compensation work.

Da Nang People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh (centre, front row) directing the construction of the Western Ring Road No.2

The Western Ring Road No.2 project with a length of 14.3 km passing through Hoa Vang, Lien Chieu and Cam Le districts belongs to a large-scale Da Nang transport infrastructure improvement project,

The project is getting underway from 2020 - 2022 with a total investment capital of over US$ 61.37 million, of which US$ 45 million is loaned by OFID ( the OPEC Fund for International Development), whilst about 16.37 million US$ comes from Viet Nam’s reciprocal capital allocated through the Da Nang budget.

This project consists of 2 components, namely the Western Ring Road No.2 and a road associated with a bridge over the Co Co River.

This project aims to boost access to employment opportunities and social amenities, ultimately supporting socioeconomic development and benefiting over one million people directly.

While working with the management boards of the Hoa Lien Water Supply Plant and DT 601 route projects, Chairman Chinh urged relevant agencies to re-check the capacity of projects’ contractors. If contractors do not have enough capacity to ensure on-schedule progress, they will not be eligible to join in other biddings in the city in the future.        

Work began on the 1^st stage of the Hoa Lien Water Plant in Hoa Vang District, Da Nang on March 25, 2020. Up to now, around 70% of the construction work has been completed, in which such items as weirs and reinforced concrete spillway, having been already completed.

As for the renovation of DT 601 road running through Hoa Lien, Hoa Son and Hoa Bac communes in Hoa Vang District with a total length of 35,681 km, to date, 619 out of the total 919 affected families have been moved off the project’s site. Currently, 10km of the road have yet to be handed over to the project’s developer.

Reporting by THANH LAN - Translating by M.D