It has been nearly 7 months (since May 21), when Ba Le bridge (Tam Vu street, Tan An ward, Can Tho city) suddenly collapsed due to dump trucks carrying overloaded construction materials passing through, but to date, the bridge has not been repaired.
The incident caused the iron bar along the left side to break, causing insecurity for vehicles and seriously affecting the lives and business of local people.
Mr. Pham Quang Loc, a resident living next to Tam Vu Street, said that the city and local authorities have repeatedly promised but have not yet taken any action to overcome the situation. The collapse of Ba Le bridge seriously affects people's travel and daily activities, many businesses are also facing difficulties.
"We hope the government will soon repair and complete it before Tet so that people can travel conveniently and celebrate a happy Tet. In particular, I propose that instead of building a traditional iron bridge, a box culvert bridge should be constructed, both ensuring safety and suitability with current traffic volume, said Mr. Pham Quang Loc.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Danh - Head of Group 12, Area 1, Tan An Ward - said that Ba Le Bridge was built about 60 years ago and had to be repaired many times during its use.
According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Danh, the people here hope that the authorities will soon start construction and complete the repair before Tet, to ensure traffic safety and convenience for travel during important holidays. This is an urgent issue that needs to be prioritized, demonstrating the responsibility of management agencies for the daily life of the community.
Not only do traffic participants feel inconvenienced, but also the vendors selling food next to Ba Le bridge are severely affected. According to them, the number of customers has decreased by about 1/3, making it difficult to deliver food. Many visitors reflected that, "there is a city center with a bridge like in the countryside".
According to Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, the collapse of the bridge caused many people to turn off to the Can Tho river embankment to cross to the other side of the road, leading to damage and breakage of the bricks on the embankment, posing a potential risk of accidents.
Previously, on December 5, the Department of Construction of Can Tho City issued Official Letter No. 3889 to the Department of Finance, the City Police, and the People's Committee of Cai Khe Ward regarding the early implementation of the construction of the project from the 2025 Traffic career capital of the People's Committee of Ninh Kieu District (old).
Can Tho City Department of Construction said that the unit held a meeting on September 5 to collect opinions from the City's Departments, branches, sectors, Tan An Ward People's Committee and related individuals on guiding the removal of difficulties for Tan An Ward People's Committee on the process and procedures to soon deploy the construction of Ba Le bridge on Tam Vu Street in Tan An Ward.
Through the discussion at the meeting, the Department of Construction requested the Department of Finance to preside over working with the People's Committee of Cai Khe Ward, the People's Committee of Ninh Kieu Ward and the People's Committee of Tan An Ward to agree to allocate the 2025 Traffic career capital of the People's Committee of Ninh Kieu District (old) to the People's Committee of Cai Khe Ward to continue implementing the remaining items and settling according to regulations. At the same time, report to the City People's Committee to convert the project investor and re-allocate capital for Cai Khe Ward People's Committee to implement.
The Department of Construction also requested the People's Committee of Cai Khe Ward to coordinate with relevant units and Tan An Ward, Ninh Kieu Ward to implement according to regulations. At the same time, coordinate with Tan An ward to receive the old Ba Le bridge and the bridge to alley 9-10 on the old Nguyen Van Cu street to liquidate according to regulations to build a new bridge...
In addition, it is recommended that the City Police promptly give their opinions and coordinate with Tan An Ward to complete the handling of administrative violations of vehicles and drivers causing damage to Ba Le Bridge, so that the locality can dismantle the old bridge and hand over the site to the construction unit to build a new bridge.
Informing reporters of Lao Dong Newspaper on December 8, Mr. Phan Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of Cai Khe Ward People's Committee (Can Tho City) informed that the old bridge must be treated before the new bridge can be built. And when there is new information, the press unit will know.
Mr. Phan Thanh Dien also informed that the new bridge has been processed and then the installation will only take about 10 days to complete.
