Road infrastructure damaged nearly 1,000 billion VND after storm No. 10

Kết cấu hạ tầng đường bộ thiệt hại gần 1.000 tỷ đồng sau bão số 10- Ảnh 1. — Units are actively continuing to overcome the consequences caused by storm No. 10 and floods, while focusing on responding to and overcoming the consequences of storm No. 11 that is currently taking place.

The Vietnam Road Administration has just reported to the Ministry of Construction on damage to road infrastructure after storm No. 10.

37 traffic jams remain after storm No. 10

Of which, the national highways and expressways managed by the Road Management Areas had a total of 25 blocked points (including 18 blocked points due to flooding and 7 points due to landslides). By the end of October 2, all 25/25 points had been cleared and traffic had returned to normal. Particularly, 7 deep flooded points on National Highway 1 through Thanh Hoa province were blocked until the end of October 2. By October 3, the entire road surface was cleared (BOT projects did not have any blocked locations).

For routes managed by the Provincial People's Committee, the results compiled from quick reports of the Departments of Construction: on national highways, there are 179 traffic jams, including 73 jams due to landslides and 106 jams due to flooding; on provincial roads, there are 166 traffic jams, including 65 jams due to landslides and 101 jams due to flooding.

The Department of Construction and relevant forces have actively overcome the consequences of natural disasters to ensure traffic. Up to now, there are still 5 traffic jams on national highways (of which 4 are due to large landslides, or newly appeared landslides that have not been completely repaired, and 1 is flooded), a decrease of 174 traffic jams; on provincial roads, there are 32 traffic jams (of which 27 are due to large landslides that have not been completely repaired, and 5 are due to flooding), a decrease of 134 traffic jams.

Road damage of nearly 1,000 billion VND

The Department of Roads said that storm No. 10 and the floods that followed the storm and after the storm caused serious damage to road infrastructure, with the total estimated damage being about VND982.83 billion. Of which, provincial roads and national highways suffered about VND904.11 billion in damage, accounting for 92%; damage on national highways and expressways under the management of the Ministry of Construction was VND78.72 billion, accounting for 8%.

Currently, road management agencies and units are actively continuing to overcome the consequences caused by storm No. 10 and floods, while focusing on responding to and overcoming the consequences caused by storm No. 11.

Phan Trang

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/ket-cau-ha-tang-duong-bo-thiet-hai-gan-1000-ty-dong-sau-bao-so-10-102251007121629121.htm