The city center roads are now quite clear and parking is allowed according to regulations.

Troops to restore urban order

Nguyen Hue Street from Nguyen Tuong To intersection to Hai Ba Trung intersection, Phan Dinh Phung Street in Ben Ngu market area or Ngo Quyen Street behind Hue Central Hospital... were previously "black spots" of traffic safety due to frequent traffic jams and congestion during rush hours due to the large volume of people and vehicles. After the People's Committees of Vinh Ninh and Truong An wards, the City Urban Management Team and related forces organized a campaign to rectify the situation of encroachment on the sidewalk for business, illegal parking..., and at the same time organized appropriate traffic flow, so the traffic jams and congestion were limited, returning the roads and sidewalks to clear.

To ensure traffic safety, since the beginning of 2024, the People's Committee of Hue City has issued a plan to implement traffic safety work in the area. With the theme "Respecting the law to build a culture of safe traffic", since the beginning of the year, the city has promoted propaganda work; raised awareness of self-compliance with the law and building a culture of safe traffic; improved the effectiveness of State management in ensuring traffic safety.

Accordingly, the city sets a target of reducing traffic accidents by 5-10% in all three criteria (number of cases, number of deaths and number of injuries) compared to 2023; limiting traffic accidents and traffic congestion on key routes, main traffic axes in the city center, national highways and provincial roads passing through the city; reducing traffic accidents caused by drinking alcohol. At the same time, review and inspect black spots and potential traffic accident spots to propose handling and remedy according to authority; overcome violations of illegal stopping and parking, the formation of illegal vehicles and bus stations on central routes, and stabilize traffic safety on the routes.

According to Mr. Tran Song, Permanent Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee, the city has increased the application of science and technology in ensuring traffic safety, first of all focusing on the application of information technology in transport management and operation; traffic control; monitoring, detecting and handling violations of traffic safety. At the same time, organizing a general review and assessment of the current status of the road, inland waterway and railway traffic systems passing through the city, organizing traffic flow on routes, promptly overcoming shortcomings, ensuring the exploitation and operation of the road traffic infrastructure system.

Another effective solution to ensure traffic safety is to focus on handling illegal stopping and parking, synchronously implementing solutions related to ensuring traffic safety to prevent traffic congestion and control traffic accidents; at the same time, speed up the progress and improve the quality of investment in construction, maintenance, repair, and upgrading of road, railway, and inland waterway infrastructure systems damaged by storms and floods, in conjunction with ensuring traffic safety and effectively exploiting existing infrastructure works.

Police and urban forces of Vinh Ninh ward handle cases of illegal parking

Maintenance of transport infrastructure

According to the leaders of Hue City People's Committee, since the beginning of the year, the city has implemented projects on urban connectivity, traffic, drainage, sidewalks, lighting, etc., while enhancing urban facilities such as walking paths, parking lots, surveillance cameras, public toilets to gradually improve traffic infrastructure and supporting services in the area. Inspection, supervision and handling of violations of traffic safety and order are also regularly carried out by units, focusing on routes, tourist attractions , parks, walking streets, and areas around markets.

To ensure traffic safety in the area, in the coming time, the city will continue to organize the review and handling of black spots and potential traffic accident spots on the routes, and promptly replace, supplement and repair the road and waterway sign system, locations with potential risks of causing traffic safety loss. Regularly conduct on-site inspections to promptly detect and fix with solutions such as: using sign systems, convex and concave mirrors, speed bumps, reflective paint... at locations with high potential for traffic accidents on the routes.

At the same time, strengthen the management and maintenance of traffic infrastructure; inspect and direct road maintenance units to carry out maintenance and repair of traffic infrastructure, inspect and promptly repair damage to bridges and roads on key traffic routes, connection points and potential locations causing traffic safety loss on routes under decentralized management.

The city police continue to launch a peak period to ensure traffic safety and social order during holidays and Tet, focusing on the peak period to ensure traffic safety at the end of the year, New Year, Lunar New Year and spring festivals in 2025. At the same time, build a traffic safety database to connect and share with units inside and outside the police force to serve the work of ensuring traffic safety and order; deploy and install a system to monitor and handle traffic safety violations on traffic routes; effectively operate traffic safety database systems...

Article and photos: Khanh Thu