The Ministry of Transport requested to speed up the progress of decentralizing national highway management according to the provisions of the 2024 Road Law.
The Ministry of Transport has just sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities; the Vietnam Road Administration requests to deploy practical work to speed up the progress of decentralizing national highway management to the People's Committees of provinces and cities.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Transport requested the People's Committees of provinces and cities to issue documents assigning specialized agencies of transport under their management (Departments of Transport) to, on behalf of the provincial People's Committees, coordinate with the Vietnam Road Administration to review and count, on that basis, make a unified record of the list, length, and route of national highways in the area.
A section of National Highway 14 through Dak Lak province
Review works and construction items of road infrastructure associated with decentralized national highways such as road management houses, vehicle load control works, road land, road safety corridors and other items.
On that basis, it is recommended that the Provincial People's Committee send a document to the Ministry of Transport regarding the decentralization and handover of management of national highways, service roads, and side roads separated from national highways in the area so that the Ministry of Transport can carry out procedures according to regulations.
Regarding national highways passing through special urban areas such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Transport requested the People's Committees of these two cities to give their opinions on the time of handover of national highways and expressways passing through special urban areas.
In particular, it is noted that the management of national highway sections and expressway sections assigned by enterprises to invest in construction, management, operation and exploitation by the State must comply with legal regulations.
The Ministry of Transport also assigned the Vietnam Road Administration to direct and urge the Road Management Areas to coordinate with the Departments of Transport to promptly implement. If necessary, the Vietnam Road Administration will proactively coordinate with the provincial People's Committees to complete the procedures for decentralization and handover of management of national highways, service roads, and side roads separated from national highways according to regulations.
Regarding this issue, the Vietnam Road Administration said that the unit has deployed preparations to ensure the implementation of decentralization of national highway management immediately after the Decree implementing the Road Law takes effect.
It is expected that after decentralization, the Ministry of Transport will only directly manage about 3,650km of national highways and expressways, accounting for about 16% of the total length of national highways; decentralizing to the provincial People's Committees to manage about 19,000km, accounting for about 84% of the total length of national highways.
Unclassified national highways, including: Expressways managed by the Ministry of Transport; National Highway 1, Ho Chi Minh Road to connect national highways and other roads along the length of the country; national highways with special requirements for ensuring national defense and security; national highway routes and sections that the State has assigned to state-owned enterprises for investment in construction, management, operation, exploitation, and maintenance; other cases decided by the Prime Minister.
After being decentralized, the Government assigns the provincial People's Committees to be responsible for investing in and constructing national highways according to the approved road network planning and road infrastructure planning; managing, operating, exploiting, maintaining, and protecting the road infrastructure of the decentralized national highways.
Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/day-nhanh-ban-giao-quoc-lo-cho-dia-phuong-quan-ly-192250117214812347.htm
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