Some VND10 trillion will be needed for compensation and resettlement of households forced to relocate to serve the development of Long Thanh International Airport, said Ngo The An, Vice Chairman of Long Thanh district People's Committee.
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Some VND10 trillion will be needed for compensation and resettlement of households forced to relocate to serve the development of Long Thanh International Airport, said Ngo The An, Vice Chairman of Long Thanh district People's Committee.
The government of Dong Nai last week had a meeting with the provincial departments and Airports Corporation of Vietnam, investor in Long Thanh Airport, to discuss issues regarding this project, he said.
At the meeting, Dong Nai Vice Chairman Tran Van Vinh asked Long Thanh District and relevant agencies to carry out compensation and resettlement work now so that the airport project can get off the ground in 2015.
The total cost of compensation and resettlement for the households forced to move by site clearance for Long Thanh Airport was estimated at VND7.5 trillion in 2009. However, due to inflation, the cost has surged to around VND10 trillion, said An.
As per the zoning plan, Long Thanh Airport will cover 5,000 hectares, encompassing the communes of Long Phuoc, Bau Can, Long An, Binh Son, Suoi Trau and Cam Duong in Long Thanh District. Nearly 5,400 households with over 17,000 people will have to relocate to serve the development of the airport project.
Four resettlement areas for relocated households will be formed in Binh Son, An Lam, Long An and Loc An, covering nearly 550 hectares.
The project owner is seeking assistance of Dong Nai’s government in developing the systems of medium voltage cable, water supply and wastewater treatment for the airport.
Some components of Long Thanh Airport will be completed by 2020 and the first flight will be launched then, according to the Dong Nai Department of Construction.
In line with the development of the airport, Dong Nai is drawing up a zoning plan for the surrounding areas to connect to the airport when it starts operation.
The Long Thanh Airport project will be developed in three phases. The first from 2015 to 2020 requires US$6.7 billion for construction of two runways, taxiways, aircraft parking zones and two terminals with an annual throughput capacity of 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of cargo.
In the second phase until 2030, another runway will be built. During this phase, the capacity of the passenger terminal will be doubled and the cargo one will be able to allow for 1.5 million tons per year.
In the third phase after 2030, the airport will have a total of four runways and its terminals will be capable of handling 100 million passengers and five million tons of cargo per year.
(Source: SGT)
