Move in the opposite direction because of a dead end
Recently, Lao Dong Newspaper received feedback from people in Nam Dinh City about the inadequacies and potential traffic safety risks when traveling through the one-way dead-end street of Tran Bich San Street (formerly Tran Quang Khai Ward, now Nang Tinh Ward, Nam Dinh City).
Many days in October 2024, on Tran Bich San Street, Lao Dong Newspaper reporters recorded that this road section was built with two directions, separated by green tree pots and beautiful asphalt. However, from Tran Bich San Street to Nguyen Van Troi Street, one-way traffic was cut off. Because one-way traffic was cut off, when approaching Han Thuyen Secondary School, vehicles had to change direction to the adjacent road and move in the opposite direction. Even at the end of the cut-off road, people took advantage of it as a place to arrange traffic.
Mr. Nguyen Van Tan (name changed), a resident living near the dead end road, was upset: "The one-way road is dead end, so for many years now, vehicles have had to change direction to go in the opposite direction, posing a potential risk of traffic accidents. Many vehicles have collided in this area because they did not know that the road next to it was dead end. Some vehicles even went straight and had to turn around, and motorbikes even climbed over the tree trunks to continue. The most dangerous time is during rush hour, when students from Han Thuyen Secondary School come out, vehicles converge to go in the same direction, which is very dangerous."
"My house and the households living along the road were directly affected when vehicles drove in the opposite direction, affecting business" - said Mr. Pham Ngoc Manh (name changed, Nang Tinh ward, Nam Dinh city).
Many years of land clearance problems
As one of the households with houses in the area that has not been cleared, Ms. Mai Thi Thu (born in 1969) said: "My family has lived here since 1989. In 2004, there was a plan to build the Tran Bich San road expansion, and my house was subject to clearance. However, the compensation for land clearance for us was not satisfactory, so for the past 20 years, there has been no agreement. For many years, my family of 3 generations has lived in a temporary house with partitions, without being allowed to build. We only hope that the government will soon have the best solution for us."
Regarding the above issue, speaking with PV Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Mai Hong Viet - Deputy Director of the Nam Dinh City Construction Investment Project Management Board - said that the Tran Bich San road project intersecting with Nguyen Van Troi road, due to problems with site clearance with 7 households in the area, has not been completed, leading to a one-way road being cut off for many years.
According to the approval decision from 2015, the construction project to complete Tran Bich San Street at the intersection with Nguyen Van Troi Street has a scale of investment, complete construction, and synchronous items including: traffic roads and sidewalks, drainage system, domestic water supply system, and public lighting system.
"In 2004, Nam Dinh City People's Committee proceeded to expand Tran Bich San Street according to regulations. In addition, this area belonged to the 35kV power line corridor in previous years, so compensation must be consistent.
Up to now, there are still 7 households in this area that have not agreed on land clearance and the project implementation period has been over 4 years, so one road is still temporarily one-way" - Mr. Viet said.
