According to information from Lao Cai Road Joint Stock Company (the road maintenance unit), this morning (October 7), at Km12+600 Provincial Road 155, the section passing through Trung Chai commune, a large landslide occurred on the positive slope, causing traffic congestion.
According to Lao Cai Road Joint Stock Company, this area has shown signs of landslides since October 4. The unit has coordinated with functional forces to set up signs, stretch warning ropes and provide traffic guidance for people to travel safely.
Initial estimates show that the landslide area is about 60 meters long with a volume of about 20,000 cubic meters of rock and soil spilling onto Provincial Road 155.
Therefore, vehicles moving from Lao Cai city to Sa Pa town and vice versa do not go through Mong Sen bridge, but follow National Highway 4D (3-level slope).
Currently, Lao Cai Road Joint Stock Company has mobilized human resources and machinery to clear landslides and rocks, striving to clear the road as soon as possible.