Frequent traffic jams
Living in Ha Nhuan village (Duy Phuoc commune), Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Canh's family witnesses motorbikes and cars lining up to cross Ba Ngan bridge every day. Mr. Canh's wife said that during rush hour from 6:30 to 7:30 in the morning and from 5:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon, mixed vehicles "crowd" across the bridge, which is only over 3m wide, causing traffic congestion, stretching from the approach road on the Duy Phuoc side to the approach road on the Cam Kim side. Large tourist vehicles take advantage of the opportunity to move and pass enough to get across the bridge. Many traffic collisions occur, causing serious injuries to the victims.
Locals said that at first, they heard that Ba Ngan Bridge was only built for motorbikes, small vehicles and pedestrians, but trucks, passenger cars and small cars also used the bridge. Authorities had posted signs prohibiting trucks weighing 6 tons or more, but drivers still ignored them because if they went around, they would have to go dozens of kilometers. On the contrary, law enforcement officers were not always on duty to control and handle the situation.
Talking to reporters of Quang Nam Newspaper, Chairman of Duy Phuoc Commune People's Committee - Mr. Le Hai said that in the past, to cross Thu Bon River to Cam Kim Commune as well as the center of Hoi An City, people used unsafe ferries. With the attention of superiors, in 2019, a bridge was built on National Highway 14H with a length of more than 200m, a vehicle width of 3.5m (including the bridge railing).
[VIDEO] - Traffic from Cam Kim commune to Ba Ngan bridge is very crowded:
According to Mr. Le Hai, the Ba Ngan bridge was invested in, connecting Duy Xuyen with Hoi An and Dien Ban, meeting the needs of the residents of his commune in particular and Duy Xuyen in general through studying, working and trading in Hoi An and the eastern part of Dien Ban, creating favorable conditions for developing community tourism. The initial purpose was mainly to solve the problem of motorbikes and rudimentary vehicles passing through the bridge.
However, through searching on Google, car drivers see that the distance from Hoi An to Duy Xuyen on National Highway 14H, Ba Ngan Bridge is the shortest distance, so they choose this route to travel. Tourists from Hoi An also choose to go through Ba Ngan Bridge to the center of Duy Xuyen district, to My Son Temple Complex, Dai Binh tourist village (Nong Son).
Expansion needed
Cars, trucks, and small vehicles travel across Ba Ngan Bridge in large numbers, especially in the early morning and late afternoon. The two roads leading to the bridge are curved, with limited visibility and narrow roads, so traffic jams occur frequently and last for long periods of time.
Duy Phuoc Commune authorities said that to ensure security and order in the Ba Ngan Bridge area, the locality has installed security cameras. Thanks to this, in many cases, due to prolonged traffic jams, people lost their temper, leading to arguments and even fights, and the Commune Police force immediately went to the scene to restore order.
Since the beginning of the year, the Ba Ngan bridge area has experienced hundreds of traffic jams, causing disorder and insecurity. Many people, out of frustration, have taken photos and recorded videos live during traffic jams to post on social networking sites, along with vulgar and uncultured words, causing a bad image of order and security, traffic culture. Not to mention, the northern approach road to the bridge is low (Cam Kim commune bank), during the rainy season, the Thu Bon river rises above the warning level 1 and has crossed, causing flooding. Faced with the above situation, the locality has dispatched forces to regulate traffic, not allowing people to recklessly cross.
[VIDEO] - Cars "squeeze" between motorbikes and primitive vehicles:
In order to ensure traffic safety for residents and tourists, reduce the risk of accidents, maintain security and order, and contribute to building a model new rural commune, Duy Phuoc commune has proposed the provincial Department of Transport and Duy Xuyen District People's Committee to pay attention and direct the relevant agencies to have appropriate solutions. At the same time, install signs regulating load capacity, signs prohibiting trucks during rush hours; install convex mirrors at the bend of the road leading to Ba Ngan bridge.
In particular, people expect competent authorities to consider and allocate resources to invest in the construction and expansion of this urgently needed bridge.
Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/nut-that-co-chai-cau-ba-ngan-3143803.html
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