To ensure the safety of people and vehicles participating in traffic before, during and after storm Ragasa, the Department of Construction requested the People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones to monitor and notify the ban on the operation of cross-river passenger wharves in the management area according to their authority.
The People's Committee of Cat Hai Special Zone, Au Lac Quang Ninh Company Limited monitor and announce the ban on the operation of Gia Luan ferry terminal (connecting Tuan Chau island, Quang Ninh province with Cat Hai special zone) according to their authority.
Management units (Construction Management and Maintenance Centers and contractors) of ferry terminals in the city organize a ban on operation under unfavorable weather conditions that directly affect the safety of ferry operations or under the surprise direction of the local authorities where the ferry terminal is located until the announcement is made to resume operation. In particular, tournament ferry activities are prohibited (crossing Lai Vu River, on Provincial Road 390E in Ha Nam and An Thanh communes) when the storm has winds of level 6 or higher or floods with warning level 2 or higher. ; prohibit Lai Xuan ferry operations (crossing Da Bach River, on Provincial Road 352, in Viet Khe Commune (Hai Phong City) and Dong Trieu Ward (Quang Ninh Province)) when the storm has winds of level 5 or higher or a flow rate of > 2.5m/s.
Units prohibit the operation of Duong Ao ferry (crossing Van Uc River, on Provincial Road 363, in Kien Hung Commune and Hung Thang Commune) when the storm has winds of level 4 or higher or the flow rate is > 2.5m/s; prohibit the operation of Dong Bai - Cai Vieng ferry (over the sea, on Provincial Road 356, commune in Cat Hai special area when the storm has winds of level 4 or higher, with silver waves at the waist height of 0.8m - 1m. When prohibiting operations, ferry terminal management units organize anchorage to ensure secure vehicles, manage and preserve equipment and vehicles to ensure safety according to regulations.
Organize command duty at the wharf; be ready to mobilize human resources and ferry vehicles to participate in rescue and search and rescue activities when local authorities and competent authorities request.
Management units (Construction Management and Maintenance Centers and contractors) of river bridges organize a ban on vehicles traveling through large bridges across the river under unfavorable weather conditions that directly affect the safety of exploitation or under the surprise direction of the local government where the bridge passes until there is a notice to resume operation. Specifically, bridges with special structures of Hoang Van Thu, Dinh Vu - Cat Hai, Kien, Binh bridges, when the wind speed is over 15m/s - 20m/s measured on the bridge surface 1.8m from the bridge surface, motorbikes, bicycles, rudimentary bicycles, and pedestrians must be prohibited from crossing the bridge. When the wind speed is greater than 20m/s measured on the bridge surface 1.8m from the bridge surface, the bridge must be closed, prohibiting all people and vehicles from crossing the bridge. The remaining bridges continue to be monitored and implemented according to the announcement of the Department of Construction when necessary.
Units managing river bridges are ready to fully prepare measures to ban bridges according to the above conditions; proactively contact local authorities, traffic police, and local police to organize implementation to ensure traffic safety and bridge safety. Local inland waterway management units (Construction Management and Maintenance Centers and contractors) prepare conditions to organize the closure of waterway lanes, prohibit inland waterway transport activities when there is a direction from the Department of Construction or according to the surprise direction of the local government where the inland waterway passes through until there is a notice to resume operation.
