The Prime Minister directed to review the connection with expressways, maximize investment efficiency
(Chinhphu.vn) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed and promulgated Official Dispatch No. 769/CD-TTg dated August 26, 2023 on reviewing the connection with expressways to promote investment efficiency. investment, promoting socio-economic development of regions and localities.
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The cable sent to the Ministers of Transport, Planning and Investment, Construction, Natural Resources and Environment and the Presidents of the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities.
In the past time, the expressway network across the country has been focused on effectively allocating all resources, both central and local, for investment, the official said. construction investment. Up to now, the country has 1,729 km of expressways and is continuing to actively implement the construction of North-South expressway projects in the East; ring roads of Hanoi Capital Region, Ho Chi Minh City and expressways connecting the Northwest; The Central Highlands and the Southwest region will strive to have 3,000 km of expressways by the end of 2025 and 5,000 km of expressways by 2030.
Practice has proven, the established expressway has created an important driving force to help localities open up new socio-economic development space in the area; has formed many urban areas, industrial parks, services, tourism and is one of the products attracting attractive investment..., improving the efficiency of exploitation and use of land fund, creating more jobs , livelihood for the people. However, there are still some cases where the connection between the expressway and the road system in the locality is still limited, and the connection between the expressway and the planning has not yet been effectively exploited. potential, advantages, new development spaces to promote socio-economic development in the locality.
In order to maximize the efficiency of investment in expressways, create motivation and promote socio-economic development in regions and localities, the Prime Minister requires:
1. Ministry of Transport
a) Expeditiously review and guide localities to organize the review of the arrangement of intersections connecting expressways with traffic networks in their respective localities; ensuring a reasonable distance, conforming to regulations of design standards, safe and effective exploitation in order to connect urban areas, rural areas, industrial parks, export processing zones, high-tech parks, tourist areas, new urban areas, seaports, airports, international border gates... to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2023;
b) Based on the results of the review, urgently report to the competent authorities or coordinate with the localities to consider prioritizing the allocation of capital and mobilizing all other lawful resources to invest in additional nodes. necessary traffic in order to maximize investment efficiency of expressways, create new development spaces, and create driving force for local and regional socio-economic development;
c) Coordinate with localities to review, update and complete provincial plannings to ensure synchronous connection and effective exploitation between expressways and important local trunk roads.
2. Ministry of Planning and Investment
a) Review, update and complete regional plannings, in which important national and regional projects, industrial parks, economic zones, export processing zones, hi-tech parks, tourist resorts … must be synchronously linked with the development of the expressway network;
b) In the process of appraising and submitting provincial plans, attention must be paid to the organization of development space, synchronous, scientific and effective connection plans between the local transport network and high-speed roads. speed.
3. Ministry of Construction
a) Review, update and complete the planning of the urban and rural system in sync with the development of the expressway network; submit to the Prime Minister for approval in the fourth quarter of 2023;
b) Direct localities to review and adjust construction and urban plannings to ensure synchronous connection between the local transport network and expressways; formulating development plans, effectively exploiting intersection areas and new development spaces associated with expressways.
4. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
To assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with localities in, reviewing the formulation, adjustment and implementation of master plans and plans on land use; strengthen management, strictly control land allocation, land lease, land recovery, change of land use purpose at intersections and new development spaces associated with expressways, ensuring the right regulations, in accordance with plannings, efficient and economical exploitation and environmental protection.
5. The People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities through which the expressway passes
a) Expeditiously coordinate with the Ministry of Transport to review the arrangement of intersections connecting expressways
with the traffic network in the locality and region, ensuring a reasonable distance, in accordance with the provisions of design standards, safe and effective exploitation in order to connect urban and rural areas. , industrial parks, export processing zones, high-tech parks, tourist resorts, new urban areas, seaports, airports, international border gates, etc., report to competent authorities the proposed and supplemented contents. additional intersections in the fourth quarter of 2023; prioritize the allocation of capital and actively mobilize resources to invest in local roads connecting to expressways in order to create new local development spaces, especially urban areas and urban areas. service industry. Pay attention when planning the construction and investment of local roads connecting with expressways to ensure the highest possible savings and efficiency.
b) Actively research, update and perfect the provincial planning; supplement the land use plan; review and adjust construction and urban plannings to ensure the coherence, connectivity and synchronization between expressways and local roads to develop economic spaces, take advantage of maximize the advantages brought by expressways; mobilize and attract all resources to deploy and invest in local road projects, contributing to creating motivation and promoting economic growth for the locality, region and the country;
c) Strict, methodical and effective management in the use and exploitation of land fund at intersections and new development spaces associated with expressways, with priority given to projects Local roads serve production and business, participate in global production chains, dynamic and highly pervasive projects, create long-term local revenue, create jobs and livelihoods for people. local; minimize the allocation of favorable locations for residential real estate development; thoroughly overcome the situation of fragmented and asynchronous development; do not let corruption, waste, negativity, group interests in the implementation process
6. The Ministers of: Transport, Planning and Investment, Construction, Natural Resources and Environment and the Chairman of the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally run cities are responsible for and proactively direct the implementation. perform assigned tasks.
The Government Office regularly monitors, urges and inspects the implementation of this dispatch; quarterly, every 6 months, to report to the Prime Minister on implementation results.

