Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le and delegates visited the Tan Thuan tidal sluice project, then took a canoe to Muong Chuoi sluice, Phu Xuan sluice and Cay Kho sluice.
At the Tan Thuan tidal sluice (District 7), Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Le kindly visited the team of experts, engineers and workers working on the construction site.
Reporting at the meeting, Director of Trung Nam BT 1547 Company Limited, Mr. Nguyen Tam Tien, said that after the project was temporarily suspended, in early February, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee allowed the project to be restarted, and all items have been implemented, with progress reaching 76%. Specifically, Ben Nghe sluice reached 78%, expected to be completed in 2019; Tan Thuan culvert has reached 70%, expected to be completed in early 2020. Phu Xuan, Muong Chuoi, Cay Kho, Phu Dinh culverts have only reached 70 to 85% due to site clearance problems. Phu Dinh culvert has reached 75%. The progress of the dike – embankment has reached 65%, expected to be completed in 2019.
Mr. Nguyen Tam Tien clearly identified 4 important goals of the project: Preventing flooding due to tides; regulating water levels of canals; renovating the landscape, improving the environment; ensuring waterway traffic. Controlling flooding due to high tides and proactively responding to climate change for an area of 570km2, with about 6.5 million people in the central area of Ho Chi Minh City, on the right bank of the Saigon River.
“If the districts are able to hand over the site to the contractor before June 30 as directed by Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan and Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen, we will strive to complete the project by the end of this year,” said Mr. Tien.
Speaking during the project inspection, Ms. Nguyen Thi Le, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council, acknowledged the efforts of the investor and the project management unit, however, the handover of the site before June 30 of the districts may be difficult. Therefore, districts, counties and departments need to get involved to ensure the progress of the project.
According to Ms. Le, right after today, the People’s Council will go directly to the districts to survey the handover of the site, remove difficulties for the districts to further speed up the work.
Similarly, Mr. Pham Duc Hai, Vice Chairman of the People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City, said that in May, he will work with 5 districts related to the project to supervise the implementation of the request of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on the handover of the site for this project.
“We also require the project to ensure safety and quality. In addition, the city’s functional agencies also need to have documents and propaganda work on the project’s effectiveness for the people to know,” Mr. Hai stated his opinion. Regarding the site, Mr. Cao Thanh Binh, Deputy Head of the Economic and Budget Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council, also said that the districts have committed to handing over the site on June 30, but still need more strong participation from departments and branches so as not to affect the project’s progress.
