Part 4: Di An Town – synchronized urban infrastructure development
To build and develop a civilized and prosperous urban center and improve the quality of life of local people, Binh Duong has mobilized and mobilized resources from various economic sectors in an effective way for investment and development of socio-economic infrastructure, contributing to the rapid change in the urban appearance of the province.
Binh Duong has gathered all resources to invest into and develop infrastructure. In this photo: A corner of Binh Duong New City. Photo: Phuong Le
Capital resource gathered for urban development
In the 2016-2017, the total investment capital of the whole society of the province is estimated at VND 154,114 billion, of which the capital for infrastructure development is VND 61,240 billion. The task of arranging and using investment capital from the provincial budget is paid attention by the province to ensure efficiency. The total investment capital from disbursement budget is VND 12,507,972 billion, focusing on important infrastructure works, inability to recover capital, compensation and ground clearance projects to attract Non-budgetary investment capital sources.
Over time, the work of compensation and ground clearance is still difficult, but the provincial People's Committee has focused on directing and levels, branches to coordinate actively to solve quickly and timely. In addition, the revenue and expenditure management is tight and flexible. Every year, the province always reviews and identifies additional sources to increase the investment capital, basically meeting the balanced demand for development investment. The province has mobilized, attracted many social resources to invest in the development of transport infrastructure, especially the important external transport. For these projects, the province shall proceed in a coordinated and synchronous manner, giving priority to the rational connection between national highways and provincial roads with district roads with the national transport system and the provinces of the key economic region. It may include the section of the ring road with the ring streets such as My Phuoc - Tan Van (section Ring Road 3), Thoi An bridge, road from Thoi An bridge to DT748 ...
Binh Duong also coordinates with Dong Nai province to build Bach Dang 2 bridge (connecting with Vinh Cuu district). At the same time, it is coordinating with Tay Ninh province to invest 6 roads and bridges connecting from the clay junction to Dat Cuoc commune, Duong Minh Chau district (Tay Ninh province), across Sai Gon River to connect to Provincial Road 744 through District 6, Dau Tieng Town, Dau Tieng District and so on. These works, along with traffic works DT741, DT743, DT744, Thu Bien bridge etc. have promoted their active role in connecting traffic, serving the socio-economic development of the province.
In addition, in order to meet the demand for investment in socio-economic infrastructure system and upgrading and refurbishing urban areas, in the past years, Binh Duong has mobilized many sources of investment capital for urban development. The results show that, urban Thu Dau Mot met urban criteria class I; The province has upgraded Thuan An, Di An urban areas to grade III; Currently, Thuan An urban area, Di An urban area has been upgraded to grade II, Tan Uyen town, Ben Cat town to urban grade III according to the urban upgrading plan.
To construct beautiful and civilized urban areas
Nguyen Thanh Truc, Director of the Department of Planning and Investment, said that under the limited budget conditions, Binh Duong still basically guarantees the social security needs of the people through the form of socialization. To ensure and satisfy the increasing demands for material and spiritual life of people. On the basis of the plan of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the provincial People's Committee issued the report No. 67 / BC-UBND dated April 26, 2017 on the restructuring of public investment in the period of 2011-2015. Solutions for restructuring public investment period 2016-2020. This report highlights the need to mobilize non-budgetary resources for infrastructure investment in the 2016-2020 period and to propose solutions to restructure public investment over the 2016-2020 period. At present, the provincial People's Committee has balanced the capital source, basically meeting the investment demand in the province. Specifically, the total investment of key projects has been approved is 38,084.4 billion, of which the need to allocate capital investment for key projects in the period 2016-2020 is 20,171.8 billions dong.
Currently, the medium-term investment plan for 2016-2020 has been balanced by the province and arranged for 52 key construction projects with total capital of VND12,807 billion, accounting for 46.1% of the local budget. In the province's 2018 public investment plan, it will allocate 49 key projects, totaling nearly 3,160 billion VND; By May 31, 2018 disbursed over 328 billion, estimated disbursement reached 3,280.607 billion, reaching 103.8% of the plan.
To invest in the development of socio-economic infrastructure in the period of 2016-2020, in the coming time, Binh Duong province will continue implementing effectively and synchronously solutions to mobilize and promote all sources from the economic sectors, strive to implement and disburse the public investment plan in 2018 reached the plan.
In order to successfully implement the program of urban development in the direction of civilization, richness and improvement of the quality of life of people, Binh Duong has set out specific directions and tasks. Accordingly, on urban development, the province will review the adjustment of general planning and building solutions to attract investment to fill the Binh Duong Industrial-Service-Urban Complex, which prioritizes the project. Commercial-service projects to attract people to live and work in new urban areas. In addition, the province also identified a number of priority areas for renovation and embellishment associated with the development of urban projects in the old urban areas in the province to plan investment, attract investment; At the same time, to step by step build Binh Duong new urban center in association with the project "Binh Duong Smart City".
Regarding the development of technical infrastructure, the province shall prioritize investment in regional traffic projects to connect Binh Duong with Ho Chi Minh City, provinces in the southern key economic region; continue to invest in My Phuoc - Tan Van to Bau Bang to connect with the northern cities of the province; At the same time, to study and invest in the synchronous construction of technical infrastructure systems in each urban center and the common technical infrastructure system. For the development of social infrastructure, Binh Duong continues to attract investment in projects of national and international cultural projects; To promote socialization in order to increase investment sources, contributing to raising the quality of education and healthcare, especially investment in high-quality services and healthcare for people.
Reported by Phuong Le – Translated by Vi Bao
