Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) chairs the meeting of permanent Cabinet members (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc has urged ministries, Tien Giang province, investors and bankers towork to ensure the progress and equality of the Trung Luong – My Thuanexpressway – a key route for the development of the Mekong Delta while chairinga meeting of permanent Cabinet members in Hanoi on July 30.
The PM underlined the political and economicsignificance of the route with the Mekong Delta – a key economic region consistingof 13 city and provinces with a population of over 20 million.
He said he had assigned the Ministry ofTransport to preside over a study on a high-speed railway line for the regionas well as develop regional waterway and logistics systems along with seaports.
As a competent State agency for the project,Tien Giang province is responsible to the Government and the Mekong Delta forinvestment in building this expressway, he said.
The route should be opened to traffic by 2020and inaugurated in 2021, he said.
Besides ensuring the progress, the quality mustbe a top requirement, he stressed.
The PM asked Tien Giang, the Transport Ministryand relevant agencies to seek a final solution for procedures related to designappraisal and defining material prices on the legal basis.
The capital construction investment proceduresmust be solved quickly, and first of all the total investment must be approved,he said.
He praised Tien Giang for completing 99.4percent of land clearance and urged the province to resolve the legitimaterights and interests of locals.
The Government leader noted that the projectmust ensure progress, quality, efficiency, publicity, transparency, andaccountability without corruption and negative phenomena.
The Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway isdesigned with a length of 51km and width of 17km with a total cost of over 9.6trillion VND (417 million USD). It is built under the build-operate-transferform.-VNA
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