Long Thanh Airport project: 5 locations for land handover in priority

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Mr. Cao Tien Dung, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (giving a speech) and Mr. Le Anh Tuan, Deputy Minister of Transport chaired a working session with Long Thanh District and the Management Board of Long Thanh Airport Project.

According to the report of the Management Board of Long Thanh Airport Project, Long Thanh District has handed over about 80% of the total area, however, the space has not been cleared yet, there are still some households living in the project area. This leads to the site having a "leopard skin" status and difficulties for construction, especially for land coordination in the project leveling category.

Chairman of Long Thanh District People's Committee reported the progress of land acquisition and resettlement for people in the area of Long Thanh Airport Project.

Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), the Management Board of Long Thanh Airport Project and contractors have recently surveyed and advised Long Thanh District People's Committee on necessary prioritize positions for the site clearance to ensure the progress. Specifically, the airport's passenger terminal project under construction needs to be prioritized for land storage areas 3 and 4. These two areas are used to reserve land that cannot be utilized. In addition, areas 14, 17 and 18 also need to be prioritized, this is an area to store land that can be utilized when leveling the passenger terminal area. Thus, there are 5 areas in Long Thanh District that need to be prioritized for early clearance so that the contractor has a construction site.

Mr. Do Tat Binh, Deputy General Director of ACV, Director of Management Board of Long Thanh Airport Project reported on construction progress and difficulties in space problems.

Mr. Le Anh Tuan, Deputy Minister of Transport also said that the progress of the project is very urgent, so Long Thanh District needs to accelerate the relocation of the remaining households and hand over the space of 5 areas for construction which was determined by ACV.

According to Long Thanh District People's Committee, so far, the locality has handed over more than 2.1 thousand hectares out of a total of more than 2.5 thousand hectares serving the phase 1 Long Thanh Airport Project (including 1,810 hectares for airport construction and 722 hectares for reserving area). According to the plan of Long Thanh District People's Committee, the district is preparing to hand over more of the grounds in priority areas to investors.

Mr. Vo Tan Duc, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee visited and encouraged the family in the project area to prepare for relocation to hand over the site.

Having directed at the fieldtrip, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee asked Long Thanh District to continue taking measures to shorten the time to hand over the grounds in the areas proposed by the Management Board of Long Thanh Airport Project. Long Thanh District has to implement a policy of temporary residence for people to hand over the project site early. “I met and discussed with the households here, the families did agree. Therefore, local authorities need to carry out quick procedures for people to hand over the project site” said the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Khac Gioi