Currently, many roads in Hanoi Capital are being barricaded to serve the construction of flood prevention works. To both ensure construction conditions and stabilize people's travel, functional forces have strengthened plans and coordination between units to regulate and divert traffic.
Among them, there are many main roads and central axes with high density of people and vehicles passing through. Hanoi functional forces have proactively developed plans and coordinated between units to promptly regulate and divert traffic when congestion arises.
According to records on Nguyen Trai street (direction towards Ha Dong), the contractor is implementing a project to renovate the drainage system. Some areas are barricaded to construct against localized flooding in the inner city. During the time frame from 5 pm to 7 pm, the section from Nga Tu So to Khuat Duy Tien intersection often experiences tense traffic.
Many sections of barriers occupy up to 1/3 of the road surface area. According to the construction organization plan, the section from Royal City to Vu Trong Phung, about 800m long, is fixedly barricaded in sections of 20-30m long for construction of box culverts. The barricading causes traffic space to narrow, each direction only from 5-10m, greatly affecting movement, especially during peak hours.
This situation also occurs at many other construction sites such as Hoang Quoc Viet, Lac Long Quan, Vo Chi Cong, Tran Hung Dao - Quang Trung area... Barricades in the center of the road make people have to move slowly, moving slightly when passing by, especially during peak hours.
At the Tran Hung Dao - Quang Trung intersection, Road Traffic Police Team No. 1 (Traffic Police Department, Hanoi City Police) has arranged forces to be on duty, coordinating with the construction unit to regulate traffic.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc The - Road Traffic Police Team No. 1, during peak hours, the traffic volume is very large, so the unit has arranged officers to set up checkpoints, regularly inspect, guide, and propagate to help people participate in traffic safely and smoothly.
The Traffic Police force also issued recommendations for people to proactively arrange their schedules and choose suitable directions, especially during peak hours to avoid congestion and affect work," Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc The said.
Although the construction partly affects people's travel, this is an urgent project to prevent flooding for the Capital. According to Mr. Nguyen The Hao (resident in Thanh Xuan, Hanoi), moving is somewhat inconvenient, but for the common goal, people are willing to share with the construction unit. At the same time, people also want units to speed up progress, ensure neat and clean construction, contributing to building a green, clean, and civilized city.
According to reporters' records, to ensure progress, the contractor applies a rolling construction plan. The plan to build barriers is also widely announced by the Department of Construction in the mass media for people to grasp and proactively adjust the route, avoiding congestion.
At construction areas, functional forces are arranged to be on duty 24/24h. People when participating in traffic need to comply with the regulation of functional forces and traffic light systems, contributing to ensuring project progress. When completed, the project will contribute to reducing flooding for the Capital in the 2026 rainy season.
