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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting in Hanoi__Photo: VNA |
More efforts needed to accelerate the progress of key transport infrastructure projects that are critical to the country’s future development and economic aspirations, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at the 10th meeting of the State Steering Committee for Critical National Transport Projects on March 29 in Hanoi.
The PM underlined the Committee’s heavy responsibilities when it took charge of 34 national projects and 86 sub-projects, including two railway and five airport projects.
He urged the Ministry of Transport to enhance sand mining capacity to accelerate the eastern North-South Expressway Project. Contractors need to work more intensively to complete the Dien Chau-Bai Bot and Cam Lam-Vinh Hao projects before April 30 and keep other projects, such as the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Section of the East-West Expressway Project, on schedule.
The cabinet leader said the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment must access the sand supply in the Mekong Delta and ensure sufficient sand for the projects in the southern region.
The Ministry of Transport needs to work with other relevant ministries to research the use of coastal sand in construction and submit a feasibility report to the Government, he said, adding that coastal sand is expected to be a solution to the sand shortages.
He also called on the Ministry of Finance to streamline procedures related to ODA loans for urban railway projects, the Ben Luc-Long Thanh and My An-Cao Lanh expressways.- (VLLF)
