Dien Chau voters recommend ensuring traffic safety at intersections between railways and inter-commune roads
(Baonghean.vn) - Voters in Dien Chau district reported that accidents often occur at the intersection between the railway and the inter-commune road from Dien Doai commune to Dien Truong commune and from Dien Loc commune to Dien Thinh commune. They requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct the installation of automatic barriers and concrete paving on both sides of the railway at the intersection to ensure traffic safety.
Reply:
The self-opening path at Km287+348, Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City railway line in Dien Loc commune, Dien Chau district intersects with the road from Dien Loc commune to Dien Thinh commune connecting National Highway 1.
Currently, this self-opening passage has been coordinated by Nghe Tinh Railway Joint Stock Company and Dien Chau District People's Committee to plant poles to narrow the passage to less than 3m in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 65/2018/ND-CP dated May 12, 2018 of the Government and organize traffic with a system of signs.
On August 13, 2021, the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 5802/UBND-CN requesting the Ministry of Transport to establish a level crossing at Km287+348, Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City railway line.
However, on September 9, 2021, the Ministry of Transport issued Official Dispatch No. 9384/BGTVT-KCHT with the opinion: The location of the level crossing at Km287+348 is 478m from the existing level crossing at Km286+869, which does not ensure the distance according to the provisions of Article 6, Circular 25/2018/TT-BGTVT dated May 14, 2018 of the Ministry of Transport (not less than 1 km).
On the other hand, according to Decision No. 358/QD-TTg dated March 10, 2020 of the Prime Minister, the self-opened passage at Km287+348 will be removed when constructing the service road.
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The railway accident occurred at 11:00 a.m. on April 10 at the level crossing at Km 267+500 on the North-South railway in Dien Truong commune, Dien Chau district. Photo courtesy of Xuan Bay |
Solution in the future:
- Propose that Dien Chau District People's Committee strengthen propaganda work on mass media to raise people's awareness when participating in traffic on the route.
- Propose that the Provincial People's Committee soon deploy the construction of a service road to connect the level crossing at Km287+348 to the nearest legal level crossing at Km286+860 to ensure compliance with legal regulations.
