According to the leader of the Department of Construction, on National Highways, provincial roads and other routes managed by the Department of Construction, more than 290 landslides have been recorded; subsidence, rock and soil have been spilled onto the road surface, and damage to the vertical drainage ditches...
About 270,000m3 of landslides caused traffic disruption and damage to many roads. In particular, many key traffic routes were severely affected such as National Highway 24, National Highway 24B, National Highway 24C, DT622B, DT623, DT626, DT673, Ngoc Hoang - Mang But - Tu Mo Rong - Ngoc Linh streets... The total estimated damage is about 120 billion VND. In addition, more than 360 inter-commune and inter-village roads were eroded; many bridges and culverts were collapsed and damaged.
Mr. Mai Van Ha - Deputy Director of the Department of Construction - said that he has directed units to mobilize machinery and equipment, stay on duty day and night at the scene to handle, clear landslides, cut down fallen trees, and reinforce the slope to open one lane to traffic as soon as possible. With complex landslides on positive slopes, dangerous negative slope landslides are checked, recorded and a handling plan is proposed.
In particular, priority is given to overcoming national highways and provincial roads with key characteristics and large traffic volume to ensure people's travel and serve rescue work. At the same time, coordinate with local authorities to deploy security forces, place signs and barriers at deeply flooded and isolated areas to warn people.
Although the weather is continuously rainy, the landslides are mainly located on steep mountain passes and complex terrain, but identifying the task of road clearance as the top priority, so the repair work is being implemented quickly and urgently. Up to now, the National Highways, provincial roads and roads managed by the Department of Construction have basically been cleared in step 1.
Currently, there is DT63 route, at Km39+650, due to eroded roadbeds and surfaces, which cannot be used by vehicles; and DT626 route continues to be congested at two locations Km8+820 and Km9+990. These two locations have been opened to traffic many times but continue to collapse again.
For the DH83 route, at Km8+200, managed by Son Tay Ha commune, the roadbed was completely broken and could not be repaired in a short time. Implementing the direction of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee, the Department of Construction has requested relevant units to mobilize leveling and dumping machinery, reopen the Son Tinh - Son Thuong route with a length of about 3.5km to create a temporary roundabout, ensuring people's travel and goods transportation.
The work of restoring the traffic system in the province after floods and landslides is being carried out quickly, not allowing traffic to be paralyzed, but has only stopped at the level of opening 1 lane and temporarily reinforcing. Due to the huge amount of damage, while the funding of units and localities is limited, the thorough repair of the damage requires great support resources from the Central Government.
