There are 12 landslides on the national highway due to floods.

More than 4,100 major damaged and flooded locations

Regarding the work to overcome the damage caused by storm No. 3 and the rain and floods after the storm on national highways, the Vietnam Road Administration said that, following the direction of the Government and the Ministry of Transport, the Administration has deployed many solutions to overcome the consequences of natural disasters in order to quickly restore traffic at locations and sections of roads that are blocked, and to separate traffic flows and routes through areas that are blocked or do not ensure traffic safety.

A landslide on National Highway 70 in Lao Cai province has been repaired.

Units in the industry have actively coordinated with local authorities to urgently restore road infrastructure to serve search and rescue; clear routes to ensure traffic to serve rescue, search for missing people; transport essential goods to serve the people, ensure traffic on highways and national highways returns to normal.

Regarding the damage, the Vietnam Road Administration said that on national highways from Thanh Hoa and the northern provinces, there are a total of 4,177 locations with major damage, flooding, damage to road signs, toll stations, pontoon bridges, etc.

Of these, 3,924 locations were damaged by landslides, subsidence, road breaks, and damage to bridges, culverts, and other structures; 253 locations of road surfaces were flooded due to rain, floods, and rising water in the areas where the national highway passes through, including in Hanoi and some northeastern provinces.

2 spans of Phong Chau bridge collapsed; 4 other bridges on the national highway were temporarily suspended to ensure safety in conditions of high and fast-flowing river water; 3 (out of 4) ferry terminals on the national highway in Nam Dinh and Thai Binh were suspended due to high and fast-flowing water; 1 pontoon bridge in Nam Dinh was damaged.

Estimated volume of subsidence and roadbed restoration is hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of soil and rock and hundreds of thousands of square meters of road surface need to be repaired to restore traffic, in addition to the need to repair road signs, toll stations, pontoon bridges, other bridges and culverts.

Notably, there are 567 locations where landslides, subsidence, road subsidence, and damaged culverts cause traffic jams.

12 locations not yet open to traffic due to landslides

Vietnam Road Administration said that by 3:00 p.m. on September 14, 555 out of 567 landslide locations had been repaired and reduced to clear the entire road surface, or partially clear the road surface to serve traffic.

Currently, there are only 12 locations that have not been cleared due to landslides and subsidence of the roadbed with large volumes, located in terrain areas that are difficult to access for construction machinery.

This number is down 197 positions from the September 12, 2024 report.

Lao Cai province alone - the area heavily affected by storm No. 3 - had a total of 58 landslides and slides on national highways causing traffic jams. Road management forces were proactive and promptly handled the landslides as soon as they occurred.

As of 3:00 p.m. on September 14, 2024, 54 locations have been cleared for traffic, with only 3 remaining locations of positive slope landslides, road breaks and negative slopes at many locations, complex geological conditions, large underground water and large volumes. However, the Vietnam Road Administration has directed relevant units to mobilize machinery and equipment to focus on handling the remaining landslide locations, striving to clear traffic from September 16, 2024.

The leaders of the Vietnam Road Administration said that currently, units are focusing on rescue work, ensuring traffic to serve rescue, transport essential goods, and serve traffic for other work. Therefore, the damage to road infrastructure has not been accurately and fully assessed.

Initial estimates of traffic safety costs, including costs for clearing subsidence, re-filling roadbeds, building temporary bypasses, temporary bridges and culverts, replacing signals and temporarily restoring traffic on national highways affected by storm No. 3 and post-storm circulation, are estimated at over 500 billion VND.

The cost to rebuild damaged national highways due to storms, floods, and landslides to ensure technical standards and regulations is estimated at 1,500 billion VND (not including the estimated cost to rebuild the new Phong Chau bridge with a scale of 4 lanes, in accordance with the approved planning, estimated at about 400 billion VND).

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/con-12-diem-sat-lo-do-mua-lu-tren-quoc-lo-chua-the-khac-phuc-192240914183412205.htm