Strengthening road maintenance and protecting traffic infrastructure

In recent years, along with investment in new construction and upgrading of key routes, the province has always paid attention to and directed the effective implementation of management, maintenance and repair of traffic infrastructure, in order to increase the life of the works, contributing to ensuring the safety and smoothness of traffic for people and vehicles.

Handling peeling asphalt surface on National Highway 70B

There are currently 9 national highways with a total length of 531km passing through the province, of which the Department of Transport is assigned by the Ministry of Transport to manage 7 routes with 440km of national highways and 54 routes, along with 786km of provincial roads.

Based on the maintenance plan approved by the Ministry of Transport and the Provincial People's Committee, the Department of Transport's Traffic Infrastructure Maintenance Management Board has focused on implementing national highway and provincial road maintenance work according to assigned tasks.

In 2023, the Department of Transport focused on repairing over 27km of reinforced asphalt pavement; hardening over 5,400m of longitudinal drainage ditches; installing and replacing 16,600m of soft guardrails and 2,200 road signs on national highways. This year, the Department continued to repair over 10km of reinforced asphalt pavement; handled 2 black spots; hardened about 6,350m of longitudinal drainage ditches; supplemented traffic safety systems; installed traffic lights; repaired 2 weak bridges on National Highway 70B and built 2 bridges to replace spillways (Ngoi Sop spillway, Dong Banh spillway on National Highway 70B); built rescue shelters on National Highway 32B...

Workers trim grass growing on the road

The Department directed functional departments and offices to inspect and review potential traffic safety risk locations on the national highway and provincial road system through the province. Through the review, the whole province has 27 potential traffic safety risk locations on 8 national highways and 10 potential traffic safety risk locations on 7 provincial roads. The Ministry of Transport and the Provincial People's Committee have allowed the handling of 20/27 locations; currently, 5 locations on national highways and 10 potential traffic safety risk locations on 7 provincial roads are being handled, expected to be completed in 2024.

For the remaining 2 locations on National Highway 32C, the Provincial People's Committee directed the Department of Transport to continue to propose to the Vietnam Road Administration for consideration and resolution according to its authority. For provincial roads, the Provincial People's Committee allows the implementation of projects to repair and strengthen the road surface over 23km, combined with overcoming and handling potential traffic accident locations and unreasonable traffic organization on provincial roads.

Along with that, the Provincial People's Committee has assigned the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to manage, maintain and protect road traffic infrastructure for the district road system and urban roads in the management area. This is the legal basis for the District People's Committees to be proactive in the management and maintenance of the local road system. The Provincial People's Committee has directed the Department of Transport to issue documents guiding the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to implement legal regulations on road infrastructure protection and urge the District People's Committees to strengthen road management and maintenance, review and handle shortcomings, black spots, potential traffic accident spots, and ensure traffic safety for the routes under their management.

Comrade Tran Hoai Giang - Director of the Department of Transport said: "Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, the Department regularly coordinates with the functional agencies of the Ministry of Transport and the Vietnam Road Administration to promptly advise the Ministry and the Department to arrange investment funds to repair and strengthen road surfaces, handle black spots and potential traffic safety points on national highways through the province's management area".

Thuy Hang

Source: https://baophutho.vn/tang-cuong-bao-tri-duong-bo-bao-ve-ket-cau-ha-tang-giao-thong-215574.htm