Faced with the fact that people arbitrarily broke the median strip to make a separate path on National Highway 1A to avoid Ninh Binh City, posing many potential risks of traffic safety, the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province has repeatedly issued documents assigning the Department of Transport of this province to preside over the situation. , coordinate with relevant units to completely handle the above situation. However, the handling only stops at propaganda.
According to the reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper, many sections of the median strip on National Highway 1A that were demolished were reinstalled by the construction unit, but after only a short time, people demolished them to make way for them. Cross the road for vehicles.
Most recently, on July 26, Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Transport to preside over and coordinate with relevant units to urgently inspect and handle inadequacies in traffic organization above. Highway 1A avoids Ninh Binh city. At the same time, report implementation results to Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee before August 10, 2024. However, even though the deadline has passed, the matter has not yet been resolved.
On August 12, talking to Lao Dong reporter, Mr. Pham Ngoc Tap - Head of the Traffic Works Quality Management Department (under the Department of Transport of Ninh Binh province) said that following the direction of the Provincial People's Committee on overcoming inadequacies in Organizing traffic on National Highway 1A bypassing Ninh Binh City, currently, the Department of Transport is focusing on directing construction units to repair and overcome positions where median strips were arbitrarily dismantled by people to make walkways. Illegally on the entire route.
"However, during the construction process, after fixing some positions, people continued to demolish them to make crosswalks. This is a violation of the law on transportation infrastructure. Road traffic, causing traffic disorder and safety, needs to be strictly handled. The fact that people arbitrarily dismantled the median strip on National Highway 1A to avoid Ninh Binh city has happened many times" - Mr. Xi said.
Also according to Mr. Xi, in the immediate future, the Department of Transport of Ninh Binh province has issued a document requesting the People's Committees of districts and cities where the route passes, to notify the People's Committees of communes and wards along both sides of the route to propagate to the people. Do not arbitrarily demolish the median strip on National Highway 1A bypassing Ninh Binh City because this is a violation of the law on road traffic infrastructure and may be prosecuted and fined.
At the same time, the Department of Transport of Ninh Binh province also requested the People's Committees of districts and cities to direct the police of districts and cities to take measures to investigate and handle acts of intentional destruction of property. Violations need to be strictly handled. After the construction unit completes the repair and recovery, the Department of Transport of Ninh Binh province will hand over to the District and City People's Committees to jointly manage and increase responsibility for managing and exploiting the route, ensuring traffic safety in the area. table.
It is known that the National Highway 1A bypassing Ninh Binh City has been put into operation since 2018, the route is invested by the Department of Transport of Ninh Binh province. Currently, the Department of Transport of Ninh Binh province has not yet handed over the project to the management and maintenance unit according to regulations.
