Urgent assessment of the condition of bridges in the area affected by storm No. 5

The Vietnam Road Administration has just issued a telegram requesting units to focus on responding to storm No. 5 in the East Sea.

Fishermen in Hai Thinh commune ( Ninh Binh ) urgently brought fish ashore to move boats to storm shelters.

Accordingly, agencies and units are required to have plans to relocate equipment, assets and brace houses to cope with storm No. 5 when it makes landfall. At the same time, check and assess the condition of bridges in the affected area of ​​storm No. 5. For weak bridges, regular monitoring must be organized and timely handling must be done when bad weather affects operations, ensuring the safety of the works as well as the safety of people and vehicles traveling across the bridge.

The Vietnam Road Administration also recommends that Road Management Areas, Departments of Construction, investors, and BOT project enterprises closely monitor the developments of storm No. 5; proactively deploy traffic safety plans and take measures to protect roads, bridges, culverts, warehouses, vehicles, and construction machinery to limit damage caused by storm No. 5.

Agencies and units prepare bridge girders, buoys, machinery, equipment, vehicles, and human resources to ensure traffic when an incident occurs; maintain forces and vehicles ready to participate in rescue and ensure traffic to minimize damage.

For major landslides causing traffic jams, leaders of the Road Management Area and the Department of Construction must be immediately dispatched to the scene; traffic diversion plans must be implemented remotely and traffic police and local authorities must be proactively coordinated when diversions occur. At the same time, promptly fix the problem, mobilize maximum machinery, equipment and human resources available in the area to ensure traffic is cleared as quickly as possible.

The dispatch also stated that Project Management Boards 3, 4, and 5 must proactively implement disaster recovery work and ensure smooth traffic and safety for people, construction equipment, and unfinished construction items. At the same time, there must be plans to prevent the harmful effects of natural disasters to ensure the safety of the completed volume, traffic safety, and safety for auxiliary works, construction equipment, material warehouses, workshops, and staff and workers' living quarters.

Factories and warehouses for storing materials must be located in high places, not flooded, and must be tied down to avoid collapsing in wind and storms. Construction equipment must be stored safely, and floating vehicles must have a shelter or sheltered place to anchor during storms.

Agencies and units coordinate with the local Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue to organize rescue forces to ensure 24/24-hour traffic; regularly monitor closely the developments of storm No. 5; at the same time, request units to organize 24/24-hour duty; regularly report the developments and impacts of storm No. 5 to the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of the Vietnam Road Administration.

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