Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: Will strictly handle officials and civil servants who violate traffic safety corridors

(Baonghean.vn) - Strict punishment will be given to civil servants who violate traffic safety corridors; Localities will not be allowed to plan residential housing on both sides of national highways, provincial roads, and district roads to avoid encroachment on sidewalks and traffic safety corridors.

That was the conclusion of Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong at the online conference to deploy the work of clearing traffic safety corridors of roads, railways, and sidewalks in Nghe An province in the period of 2017-2020 on the morning of April 3.

The situation of encroachment on road, railway and sidewalk safety corridors in Nghe An is quite common in districts, cities and towns, seriously affecting traffic infrastructure, traffic safety order and is one of the direct causes of traffic accidents. Although the Provincial People's Committee has strongly directed all levels, sectors and localities to strengthen the work of clearing violations of traffic safety corridors and sidewalks, the effectiveness is not high, violations are still numerous, and the situation of re-encroachment continues.

Overview of the online conference. Photo by Thu Huyen

According to the synthesis, the total number of violations on national and provincial highways is about 4,600 cases. The main violations are illegal leveling, building kiosks, fences, using roads and sidewalks for markets, trading and gathering construction materials, car washes... seriously affecting security, order and urban beauty in the area.

For railways, the total number of housing projects and architectural structures violating the corridor is 123. For urban sidewalks, the situation of trading, placing advertising signs, covering tarpaulins, etc. encroaching on sidewalks and roads often occurs.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Photo: Thu Huyen

Discussing the key tasks of this work in the coming time, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien emphasized: It is necessary to launch in an orderly and planned manner; ensure equipment, mobilize forces in the area, and widely propagate awareness to all classes of people. The workload for this campaign is very large, therefore, localities must have great efforts and determination; in the immediate future, the Provincial People's Committee will choose Vinh city to launch the campaign in the whole province, and districts will simultaneously launch from May 5, 2017.

Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee proposed not to use the roadway or sidewalk for business or vehicle parking in any form. Photo: Thu Huyen

At the bridge points of districts and towns: Tuong Duong, Nghia Dan, Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Cua Lo Town, district leaders also expressed their determination to mobilize forces to clear the corridor; shared difficulties in the implementation process as well as made recommendations and proposed solutions to the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Traffic Safety Steering Committee.

Regarding the solution, Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee Nguyen Hoai An suggested that there should be a solution to not provide electricity to businesses on the sidewalk. Photo: Thu Huyen

In his concluding remarks at the conference, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong, in order to effectively implement Resolution 56 of the Provincial People's Council and Plan 136/KH-UBND on clearing violations of traffic safety corridors, requested the People's Committees of urban districts and related units to develop plans to clear violations and prevent encroachment of traffic safety corridors of their localities and units, specifically and in detail, suitable to the locality. Select and direct a number of routes to gain experience before implementing on a large scale. Carry out the clearance of violations for collective works, agencies, units, and families of party members first, then for each household and individual. Specify and assign specific management responsibilities to local leaders and at the same time build a mechanism for people to monitor themselves to maintain the results achieved after clearance.

Regarding propaganda work, launch a propaganda campaign to mobilize each commune, ward, and town to voluntarily remove illegal constructions, open intersections in blocks, hamlets, residential areas, etc. Each organization registers at least 1 route or 1 section of road according to the self-managed road model, civilized and exemplary section of road, etc. to be completed before April 10, 2017.

The People's Committees at district and commune levels are responsible for coordinating with road and railway management units to specifically determine the scope of clearance of violations; organize statistics, count, and compile records of works and architectural objects violating traffic safety corridors and urban sidewalks; review statistics, classify violations, and cases that have been compensated for site clearance but have not been cleared before April 15, 2017.

The City Police dispatched traffic police, public order police, and local police to coordinate with youth volunteers to strengthen inspection and handle violations. Photo: My Nga

After April 20, 2017, the People's Committee at the commune level must send a written notice to violators who have not yet voluntarily dismantled or relocated and continue to request them to dismantle or relocate within 10 days of receiving the notice. If they do not comply, enforcement and clearance will be carried out.

“The province will strictly handle civil servants who violate traffic safety corridors. In addition, learning from previous experiences of planning houses on both sides of the road leading to violations of the corridor, in the coming time, we will resolutely not approve local plans for houses on both sides of the road, especially national highways and provincial roads, but must plan them into residential clusters with access roads. Localities and relevant agencies will review all urban planning, not to cling to national highways and provincial roads,” - the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized.

Thu Huyen