National Highway 27 through the center of Lac Lam Commune (Don Duong District) from Lac Lam Church to the Commune People's Committee has just been upgraded and repaired. Recently, many people have expressed concerns because this road is about 1km long, but has 23 signs prohibiting parking on even days.

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23 signs prohibiting parking on even days on a stretch of about 1km. Photo: NX

These signs are placed in a row, about 20-30m apart, and there is a repeated prohibition sign between 2-3 houses. Local people said that the residential area in the area has been established for a long time, each short road has an alley connecting to Highway 27.

According to the people, having 23 signs prohibiting parking on even days on a 1km road is inappropriate and costly. They believe that the authorities only need 1 prohibition sign, along with an additional instruction sign, to be enough for road users to understand and comply.

Regarding the above issue, the Department of Transport of Lam Dong province informed that the above signs were implemented by the People's Committee of Don Duong district. Installing signs prohibiting parking on even days after each intersection with National Highway 27 is not wrong.

However, the Department believes that the management unit only needs to put up a no parking sign on even days, followed by a secondary sign with the content of “valid length”. Therefore, the Department of Transport will request the People's Committee of Don Duong district to make appropriate adjustments.

On the side of the People's Committee of Don Duong district, the locality said that it will adjust the even-day parking prohibition sign on the above road appropriately in the near future.