Da Nang provides funding to ensure road traffic affected by storms and rains

DNO - On November 3, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Da Nang City Tran Nam Hung signed Decision No. 2336 on funding to implement congestion handling and ensure traffic safety for road works affected by storms and rains in the city.

Clearing landslides that blocked traffic on Highway 606, through Hung Son Commune. Photo: CONG TU

The City People's Committee decided to disburse more than 6.6 billion VND from the Da Nang City Natural Disaster Prevention Fund to the Department of Construction to implement congestion handling and ensure traffic safety for road works affected by recent storms and floods.

The Department of Construction is responsible for managing and using the support funds from the Da Nang City Natural Disaster Prevention Fund for the right purposes, effectively and economically. Fully implement the documents and procedures for payment and settlement of funds in accordance with regulations.

National Highway 40B was severely damaged. Photo: DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION

Preliminary statistics from the Department of Construction show that the floods caused by storm No. 12 from October 23 to noon on November 3 caused nearly VND196 billion in damage to the city's road and inland waterway infrastructure under its management. Of which, the damage to national highways 40B, 14G, 14D, 24C, 14B, 14H (not including national highway 14E handed over to the investor of the renovation and upgrading project) accounted for more than VND82.8 billion.

The preliminary damage on provincial roads is more than 111,249 billion VND. Of this, the cost to repair route DT615 is estimated at more than 18 billion VND to cover the subsidence of the positive slope, especially to rebuild Ong Hoi bridge which was severely damaged and unsafe. The damage to route DT606 requires more than 18 billion VND to repair; route DT601 accounts for 14.77 billion VND (not including the cost to repair from km33+900 to the end of the route).

Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, the section passing through Ngu Hanh Son Ward, has subsided and is damaged. Photo: DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION

According to the leader of the Department of Construction, the preliminary total damage caused by the flood caused by storm No. 12 from October 23 to noon on November 3 to Da Nang's traffic infrastructure was nearly 196 billion VND, not including the expressways, Ho Chi Minh road, Truong Son Dong road, and National Highway 1 passing through the area.

[ VIDEO ] - First step of traffic opening through route km82+500, National Highway 40B (in Tra Tan commune) this afternoon, November 3:

In addition, the extent of damage to many locations on national highways and DT routes has not yet been fully assessed, and some locations are still deeply submerged in water. Not to mention, the damage to roads assigned to commune-level management has not yet been assessed.

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