Urgent need to put Nam Vinh Bus Station into operation
(Baonghean.vn) - Nam Vinh bus station is located next to National Highway 1, Vinh bypass, in Hung Loi commune (Hung Nguyen). Although it has been basically completed, it has not been put into operation yet because the connection with National Highway 1, Vinh bypass has not been completed.
Important project
Nam Vinh Bus Station, along with Bac Vinh Bus Station, is one of the important projects to contribute to traffic diversion, helping to reduce transportation pressure for the city center area, especially fixed passenger transport routes departing from Vinh to the Northern and Southern provinces. However, while Bac Vinh Bus Station was completed and put into operation in 2018,Nam Vinh Bus StationAlthough it has been basically completed, it has not been put into operation yet because the connection with National Highway 1, Vinh bypass, has not been completed.
According to our research, Nam Vinh Bus Station is built on the scale of a class 1 bus station, with a construction area of 100,000m2.2, capacity of 500 departures per day and 15,000 passengers; total investment of 250 billion VND. The implementation time is introduced from May 2009, expected to be completed in July 2011. However, it was not until 2020 that Nam Vinh Bus Station was built with an area of 46,200m22. In which, phase 1 of bus station construction has an area of 19,000m2with a total investment of 32 billion VND. By March 2023, this bus station had completed all items and was ready to operate from mid-2023.
It is known that the construction of Bac Vinh Bus Station and Nam Vinh Bus Station is to implement the planning of bus stations and the division of bus routes within and outside the province, contributing to limiting traffic congestion in the central area of Vinh city. In particular, implementing Decision No. 25/2011/QD-UBND dated May 30, 2011 on promulgating the planning of the bus station system in Nghe An province until 2020 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province, some bus stations that are no longer suitable for the planning of the traffic system in the area have been relocated.
When Nam Vinh Bus Station was basically completed in March 2023, by April 30, 2023, following the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, passenger transport activities at Vinh Market Bus Station were also stopped. All fixed passenger transport routes (including inter-provincial and intra-provincial routes) operating at Vinh Market Bus Station were transferred to operate at bus stations located in the suburbs of Vinh city and Hung Nguyen district, including Nam Vinh Bus Station.
Ensure traffic flow
It can be seen that the Nam Vinh Bus Station project is a very important project. When completed and put into use, it will contribute to reducing the pressure of increasingly developing means of transport at bus stations such as: Bac Vinh Bus Station, Vinh Market Bus Station...; ensuring the ability to synchronously connect the traffic system, limiting means of transport participating in traffic in Vinh city's inner area and creating convenience for means of transport from the southern region to Vinh city.
However, in reality, the request to stop passenger transport activities when Nam Vinh Bus Station has not yet been put into operation has made many passenger transport businesses operating at Vinh Market Bus Station "unable to react". In fact, before the time when passenger transport activities at Vinh Market Bus Station had to stop, there were 18 passenger transport routes, with more than 100 vehicles, departing from this bus station to districts in the province and to southern provinces such as: Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Thua Thien Hue... Most of the units choose Vinh Market Bus Station as the departure and arrival point basically to serve the need to transport goods and passengers from Vinh Market - one of the largest freight hubs of Nghe An.
Mr. Le Van Khuyen - Head of Vinh Market Bus Station said that currently, following the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, passenger transport vehicles are no longer operating at this bus station. However, the station has also received many complaints from transport units that stopping passenger transport operations too early, when Nam Vinh Bus Station has not completed the connection with National Highway 1, has greatly affected the operations of transport units, when vehicles have to go to further bus stations such as Bac Vinh Bus Station, while goods have to "increase the toll" from Vinh market to the vehicle with a greater distance, increasing transportation costs.
Regarding the connection between Nam Vinh Bus Station and National Highway 1, Vinh bypass, on November 27, 2023, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee issued Decision 3863/QD-UBND on approving the connection point of branch roads to national highways in Nghe An province. Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee, based on the proposal of the Department of Transport, approved the connection point of branch roads from Nam Vinh Bus Station to National Highway 1, Vinh bypass at Km22+900 (right of the route). The Provincial People's Committee also assigned the Department of Transport to guide investors and users of intersections on the procedures for connecting branch roads to national highways in accordance with regulations; and to compile a list of connection points of branch roads to national highways in the province.
The Provincial People's Committee has also assigned Nghe An Bus Station Joint Stock Company as the investor and user of the intersection, based on the legal documents related to the project, to clear enough land area to design the intersection, select a consulting and design unit with sufficient design capacity to ensure current design standards (arrangement of acceleration and deceleration lanes, signs, lane markings, traffic islands, etc.), to ensure traffic safety during the operation and use of the intersection. At the same time, it must organize regular management and maintenance of the intersection and take full responsibility for traffic safety at this intersection.
It is known that Nghe An Bus Station Joint Stock Company has been licensed by Road Management Area 2 to construct the connection point in the above area. However, up to now, despite the urgent need, the construction has not been completed. Mr. Tran Minh Thanh - General Director of Nghe An Bus Station Joint Stock Company explained: The unit has been licensed to construct the connection point between Nam Vinh Bus Station and National Highway 1, Vinh bypass at Km22+900 (right of the route), however, due to unfavorable weather and heavy rain recently, it has not been completed. After the Lunar New Year, the unit will continue to urge the contractor to complete the construction to put it into use as soon as possible.
Regarding the plan to divide and regulate vehicles after Nam Vinh Bus Station comes into operation, Mr. Thanh also said that it will follow the plan issued by the Provincial People's Committee when ending passenger transport activities at Vinh Market Bus Station. Accordingly, the inter-provincial routes in the South will depart from Nam Vinh Bus Station - turn onto Vinh City bypass - Ben Thuy 2 Bridge - Southern provinces and vice versa. Intra-provincial routes have routes to the Northern and Northwestern districts and along National Highway 1, National Highway 48 and National Highway 7...: Southern Bus Station of Vinh City - Vinh City bypass - Quan Hanh Town - National Highway 1 - districts along the above route.
