Dong Hung: Efforts to protect traffic safety corridors

To ensure traffic safety and order, the Dong Hung District Traffic Safety Committee has focused on implementing many comprehensive solutions to raise awareness of compliance with road and waterway traffic laws among officials and the public, thereby contributing to curbing and minimizing traffic accidents.

Police in Dong Hung town (Dong Hung district) reminded drivers of vehicles parked illegally.

Dong Hop commune (Dong Hung district) has approximately 1.2km of National Highway 10 running through it, with many businesses and commercial establishments along both sides of the road. Most residents strictly comply with the Road Traffic Law, but at times the road safety corridor is encroached upon for the storage and display of goods, and the placement of advertising signs, affecting the visibility of drivers, obstructing traffic, and posing a potential risk to traffic safety. Furthermore, in the section in front of Dong Hop Primary and Secondary School, due to the placement of a rigid median strip and the inappropriate location of the pedestrian crossing, many parents and students choose to walk against the traffic flow for about 200m to reach the nearest crossing point. This poses a significant risk to traffic safety.

Mr. Do Cao Duong, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dong Hop commune, said: Local authorities and traffic police regularly coordinate with schools to disseminate knowledge about the Road Traffic Law to students and parents. However, due to the relatively far location of the crosswalk and the high traffic density on National Highway 10, parents are apprehensive about the danger when their children cross the road... To ensure traffic safety for students and parents when school ends, the local authorities have chosen a temporary solution: planning to upgrade, repair, and expand the sidewalks near the school gates, creating space for pedestrians, students, and parents to move along the sidewalks.

Dong Hung district has two important transportation routes, National Highway 10 and National Highway 39, running through it, resulting in a very high volume of people and vehicles participating in traffic daily, especially during peak hours. This has been identified as a potential factor increasing the risk of traffic accidents. Following the direction of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee, from the beginning of 2023, the District Traffic Safety Committee advised the District Party Committee and the District People's Committee to direct departments, agencies, mass organizations, and communes and towns on ensuring traffic safety and order. They effectively maintained the coordination mechanism with the District Radio and Television Station; assigned traffic police forces to ensure sufficient time for disseminating information on the Road Traffic Law, driving skills, and laws on ensuring traffic safety and order, as well as the traffic accident situation. They distributed over 2,000 leaflets and posters; and printed and copied 40 CDs containing information on the Road Traffic Law in communes and towns. Propaganda and signing of commitments with 18/18 ferry operators across the river... Through these activities, the self-awareness and sense of responsibility of the people in complying with the law on ensuring traffic safety and order have been enhanced. The District Traffic Safety Committee, in coordination with the police of communes and towns, conducted 67 patrol sessions to clear traffic safety corridors in Dong Hung district. As a result, 97 advertising signs, 25 umbrellas, 150 posters, 43 banners, and 5 sets of plastic tables and chairs were confiscated... 12.5km of vegetation was cleared on district roads and main commune roads; over 2km of road markings were painted on main commune roads; The district's Economic and Infrastructure Department reminded and obtained signed commitments from nearly 550 households along the road to refrain from encroaching on sidewalks and pavements for trading, business, or stockpiling construction materials. In addition, the department regularly inspected and assessed the current condition of over 108km of main roads under its management to develop a maintenance and repair plan for 2023. This included continuing the project to beautify the sidewalks in Dong Hung town and district road DH.48; and commencing construction on district projects such as: district road DH.53 phase 2, and the rescue and relief road from National Highway 39 to the left dike of Tra Ly River in Phu Chau - Trong Quan commune.

From the beginning of the year until now, Dong Hung district has experienced 8 serious road traffic accidents, resulting in 2 deaths and 9 injuries. Compared to the same period in 2022, there was a decrease of 4 accidents and 3 injuries. Waterway traffic was ensured, with no accidents occurring. From December 15, 2022 to the present, the traffic police and district police have detected and handled nearly 600 cases of traffic safety violations, temporarily seized more than 300 vehicles of various types, revoked 146 driving licenses, and collected over 1.8 billion VND in fines for the state budget.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dan, Vice Chairman of the Dong Hung District People's Committee, said: To contribute to ensuring road traffic safety, in the coming time, the District Traffic Safety Committee will direct communes and towns to continue promoting the dissemination of traffic safety laws; the traffic police force will coordinate with the police of communes and towns to strengthen patrols and inspections, detecting cases of violations of traffic safety laws; focusing on handling violations that directly lead to traffic accidents; cases of violations of traffic safety corridors, encroachment on roadbeds and sidewalks causing traffic obstruction to prevent violations from the outset; strengthening measures to proactively prevent traffic accidents, ensuring smooth traffic flow, and preventing traffic congestion. The District Traffic Safety Committee requests the Department of Economy and Infrastructure, the District Police, and the District Radio and Television Station to coordinate with the People's Committees of communes and towns to assign and segment road sections to relevant organizations and associations responsible for propaganda and management to detect violations and provide timely reminders...

Authorities have deployed forces to ensure traffic safety along National Highway 10, specifically the section passing through Dong Hop commune (Dong Hung district).

Nguyen Thoi

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