Expediting site clearance for the Cai Riverside Road construction

According to the provincial People's Committee's request, by November 2025, units assigned to implement site clearance must hand over 30% of the clean, contiguous land area to kick-start the construction of the road section of the Cai Riverside Road Project.

Provincial Party Committee member, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Ho Van Ha (3rd from left) inspecting the progress of site clearance for the Cai Riverside Road Project in September 2025. Photo: Pham Tung

Site clearance still faces obstacles

The Cai Riverside Road Project has a total length of nearly 4.6km, connecting Ha Huy Giap Street to Tran Quoc Toan Street, passing through Tran Bien Ward and Tam Hiep Ward, Dong Nai Province. This is one of the key projects of Dong Nai Province. In late 2023, construction officially started on the packages for 5 bridges and the approach roads on the project's route.

According to the Dong Nai Provincial Investment and Construction Project Management Board, the implemented output value of these packages has reached 111 billion VND, achieving 62% of the signed contract value. As of now, despite the construction packages for 5 bridges and their approach roads having been underway for nearly 2 years, the construction site has not yet been fully handed over.

Nguyen Linh, Deputy Director of the Dong Nai Provincial Investment and Construction Project Management Board, stated: Currently, the construction site for the 5 bridges and approach roads is still facing obstacles, with 0.33ha of land not yet fully handed over.

Specifically, the construction of the approach roads for the two ends of Tan Mai Bridge is still hindered by 5 land plots in Tam Hiep Ward. Similarly, the construction of the approach roads for the two ends of Rach Gio Bridge and the approach road at abutment M1 of Ba Bot Bridge are also facing obstacles due to several land plots.

Meanwhile, for the land serving the construction of the project's road section, the Dong Nai Provincial Investment and Construction Project Management Board has only received about 2.38 hectares out of a total of 13.2 hectares of land area. Thus, the handed-over land area only accounts for 18% of the totality required. Furthermore, some of the handed-over land areas are fragmented and not contiguous. Therefore, the construction package for the road section of the Cai Riverbank Road Project still does not meet the conditions for organizing bidding to select a construction contractor.

30% of contiguous land area required for project construction commencement

In September 2025, during an on-site inspection of the site clearance progress for the Cai Riverbank Road Project, Provincial Party Committee member, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Ho Van Ha assessed: This is a key project of the province, but the site clearance progress is slow. This not only affects the project's construction progress but also impacts the public investment disbursement progress of the province.

The construction package for the road section of the Cai Riverside Road Project has not yet met the site clearance conditions required to proceed with contractor selection.

The construction package for the road section of the Cai Riverside Road Project has not yet met the site clearance conditions required to proceed with contractor selection. Photo: Pham Tung

Also, in September 2025, the provincial People's Committee requested units in charge of site clearance to hand over 30% of the contiguous land area to start construction on the project's road section in November 2025.

According to the People's Committees of Tran Bien and Tam Hiep Wards, the project's site clearance is facing difficulties related to the arrangement of resettlement for households, the determination of financial obligations for some households using land originally allocated by the former Electro-Mechanical School to officials and employees, which has not yet been resolved, and the land area related to Go Me Agricultural Service and Production Cooperative.

Specifically, for Thong Nhat - Tan Mai Resettlement Area, one of the two resettlement areas designated for households in the project area, construction is not yet complete, so there is no land available for resettlement. Meanwhile, the Tam Hiep resettlement area has not yet had its subdivision drawings approved, so there is no legal basis to organize lot drawing for the approved households.

According to the Dong Nai Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board, the adjusted capital plan allocated for the Cai Riverbank Road Project in 2025 is 57 billion VND. To date, over 22.6 billion VND has been disbursed, reaching nearly 40% of the capital plan.

To support localities in accelerating site clearance for the project, the Provincial People's Committee has agreed to assign additional staff to assist Tran Bien Ward and Tam Hiep Ward in carrying out procedures related to land acquisition, site clearance, and resettlement arrangements for households.

In mid-October 2025, the Provincial People's Committee continued to issue a document requesting departments, agencies, wards, and communes to urgently implement site clearance for this project. The Provincial People's Committee requested that, for the compensation and site clearance plan of the Cai Riverside Road Project, the goal of clearing 30% of contiguous land area must be achieved to commence construction of the road section in November 2025, and compensation and site clearance for the entire route must be completed in Quarter 1, 2026.

By Pham Tung-Translated by Mai Nga, Thu Ha