Part 4: Di An Town – synchronized urban infrastructure development
According to the urban development program of Binh Duong province, in 2018, Ben Cat will become a grade III city and gradually improve the criteria for becoming a second class city after 2020. Over the past years, Ben Cat has focused on infrastructure investment, urban upgrading, contributing to the urban development of a more civilized, modern, and rich city.
An urban corner of Ben Cat Town. Photo: Phuong Le
Investments into various constructions
Over the past years, Ben Cat has invested in upgrading many roads, interchanges, bridges and irrigation works, such as streets of 30-4, 2-9, Ngo Quyen, DT744 Phu Thu crossroads which are considered as one of the projects facing many difficulties and obstacles in compensation and ground clearance. However, the project has been paid close attention by the local authorities to relevant levels and branches in timely resolution of the recommendations, suggestions and solutions to difficulties and problems arising in the course of development. project implementation. Up to now, the project has been completed and put into use, contributing to the improvement of technical infrastructure for Ben Cat Town, creating traffic connections and promoting local economic development.
To achieve the above results, in the past years Ben Cat has accelerated the progress of the works. Only in 2017, implementing the decentralized capital allocation, the town has been allocated 45 projects. As of January 31, 2018, 37 works were completed by the town, of which 19/21 traffic works, 6/8 lighting works, reaching 82.2% compared to the plan assigned. . In 2016 and 2017, for lottery capital, Ben Cat Town was assigned to carry out 12 projects. Results achieved, in 2016 the town completed 4 works such as An Dien Primary School, Hoa Loi Kindergarten, An Dien Kindergarten, etc. reaching 66.67% compared with the plan assigned; 2017 completed a project, reaching 16.67% compared with the assigned plan (My Phuoc Kindergarten project). For provincial capital support, in 2017 the town was assigned to carry out 11 works. Up to January 31, 2018, the town completed seven works, reaching 63.64% compared to the plan assigned.
Currently, there are 23 urban roads in the city with a total length of 69.245 km. These roads have water supply and drainage system, trees and lighting. Among these roads, the asphalted road surface is 29.65 km, the asphalted road is 35.095 km, the gravel road is 4.5 km. The town has 3 out-of-urban roads with a total length of 18.87 km, 882 roads managed by communes and wards with a total length of 399.17 km. Besides, in the renovation work for the transport sector, in the past two years, the town has constructed 160 roads with a total length of 123.5 km, total investment of over 98 billion.
Nguyen Van Bien, a resident of An Dien Commune, shared that in recent years, the investment in infrastructure development, especially the transport infrastructure in the area of Ben Cat Town has been paid great attention by the State, contributing to creating regional connectivity, promoting the development of industry and urban areas and exploiting the potential and advantages of the town. Specifically, the project of upgrading and expanding the 7A road from the time it was completed and put into use not only contributes to the synchronization of infrastructure, creating the modern civilized face, but also helps The people here have favorable conditions and the family economy has developed.
Efforts made to be certified as type III urban area in 2018
Bui Duy Hien, Ben Cat Party Committee Secretary said that with the goal to 2018 Ben Cat Town to be recognized as urban type III, in recent years the work of urban construction and renovation of the town has reached The positive results, the system of urban technical infrastructure is increasingly invested. Localities have step by step mobilized non-budgetary resources to invest in developing a number of social infrastructure facilities, contributing to meet the needs of urban development and improving the quality of life of the people.
At present, Ben Cat Town is trying to fulfill the goal of building a town of grade III in 2018, is a type II urban area after 2020 with the character of urban civilized, modern, capable To compete in the socio-economic development, to have a high quality of life and environment for the people, to ensure the conditions for becoming a modern satellite city for the Binh Duong smart city after 2020. To complete this objective, in the coming time, the town will continue investing in the construction of technical infrastructure for traffic, electricity, water and telecommunications, meeting the socio-economic development needs in time. motivation to attract investment development; To continue building and finalizing the items of the program on building new rural areas, formulating concentrated agricultural areas in combination with the ecological belt.
In addition, to meet the needs of culture, education, physical training - sports, shopping, consumption of people, Ben Cat Town continues to develop social projects. Accordingly, the town will continue implementing the policy of socialization to develop the system of kindergartens, primary and lower secondary schools to meet the needs of students. In addition, the town will develop a network of markets, supermarkets, trade centers synchronous and rational; To formulate and develop new urban population quarters, especially commercial houses and social houses, in order to meet the housing demand for laborers, especially low-wage workers.
Hien affirmed that in 2017-2020, Ben Cat will implement effectively the principle of mobilizing all resources for construction investment, of which state budget resources are leveraged, sources Social force is mainly. In the immediate future, the town will focus on investment in socialization in the field of preschool education; Transferring the public investment portfolio to kindergartens to supplement the list of primary and secondary schools to meet the needs and needs of the local education sector.
Reported by Phuong Le – Translated by Vi Bao
