Economy

Hai Duong removes obstacles, speeds up disbursement of public investment capital

NM • March 6, 2024 14:50

On the morning of March 6, the People's Committee of Hai Duong province held a meeting on the progress of implementation, disbursement, and removal of obstacles and difficulties for public investment projects in the area.

Comrade Luu Van Ban, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hai Duong province chaired the meeting of the Provincial People's Committee with departments, branches, and localities on the implementation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2024.

Comrade Luu Van Ban, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Also attending the meeting were leaders of departments, branches, sectors; People's Committees of districts, cities, towns and representatives of related departments and agencies.

At the meeting, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Luu Van Ban summarized, evaluated and analyzed the public investment situation in the province. The urgent implementation of the investment process and acceleration of public investment progress in 2024 will create a premise for the province to build a list and plan for public investment in the next period.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Luu Van Ban emphasized that in order to disburse public investment capital, it is necessary to implement synchronously and fully all steps and procedures. Therefore, there needs to be participation and close coordination between agencies and units, determined not to delay progress due to poor coordination.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Luu Van Ban requested agencies, units and localities to focus on removing difficulties and speeding up the disbursement of public investment capital right from the beginning of the year.

After listening to the reports from the leaders of departments, branches, sectors and localities on the implementation of public investment projects in their fields and areas of responsibility, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the agencies and units to urgently remove difficulties and obstacles. In particular, focusing on solving issues related to planning, site clearance, construction material sources, etc.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Luu Van Ban informed that Hai Duong is implementing a large and comprehensive volume of public investment work in all fields. The province agreed to establish an inspection team led by the Director of the Department of Transport to guide, inspect, urge and supervise the implementation of provincial projects assigned to the district level as investors. District-level projects using capital supported by the province and the district budget must ensure implementation on time and on schedule, especially the construction of commune-level police headquarters and classrooms that are still lacking.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Luu Van Ban requested that each agency and unit have a plan to arrange specialized staff, meeting the requirements on quantity and capacity to facilitate the appraisal of procedures and project documents, without creating bottlenecks in the appraisal stage. Agencies, units and localities continue to review and propose urgent public investment projects, in accordance with construction planning and land use plans. The Department of Planning and Investment synthesizes and advises on plans to adjust public investment plans appropriately, ensuring effective use of investment capital.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment, the total state budget public investment plan in 2024 of Hai Duong is 6,349.7 billion VND. By February 29, the whole province had disbursed 366.5 billion VND, reaching 5.8% of the assigned capital plan. In the first 2 months of 2024, the capital plan was specifically allocated to projects by all levels and promptly implemented. However, the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital encountered some difficulties and limitations. That is, all projects must report on environmental impact assessment, but the province has not yet issued a set of unit prices for environmental monitoring and analysis services. The unit price for land acquisition measurement and mapping is low, especially for projects and works with small land acquisition areas, leading to the failure of surveying consultants to participate in the implementation. Difficulties in the source of construction materials. Some agencies and units are slow to complete the establishment and submission of investment decisions for approval, so they do not have enough procedures to allocate detailed capital plans for 2024...