The 'painful' road, full of potholes in Dien Chau

Arriving at Dien Ngoc commune (Dien Chau) on the afternoon of November 8, hundreds of vehicles encountered many difficulties due to the severely degraded road. According to our records, the road surface has sunk deeply, the asphalt has peeled off, creating puddles of water right in the middle of the road. This degraded section passes through Hong Yen hamlet (Dien Ngoc) and Hai Trung hamlet (Dien Bich).

Due to the high density of heavy trucks, the road section through the two communes of Dien Bich and Dien Ngoc (Dien Chau) has seriously degraded. Photo: Viet Hung.

According to local residents, this situation has been occurring for the past few years. Due to deterioration, on rainy days, the road becomes a deep puddle; and on sunny days, the dust is so thick that it makes it difficult for road users and poses a potential risk of accidents.

People still call this road "the road of suffering".

Ms. Hoang Thi Nhien in Dien Bich commune (Dien Chau) was upset: “This road has been severely damaged since about April 2019 until now. At 3am every morning, there are many heavy trucks carrying rocks. When it rains, the water stagnates into ponds, making it very difficult and dangerous for people to travel. Recently, there was a case of a motorcyclist falling because the wheel passed through a subsidence section, causing serious injury. I hope the local government will soon repair the road so that people can travel conveniently.”

Damaged and degraded roads pose a potential risk of accidents for road users in Dien Chau. Photo: Viet Hung.

According to research, in 2011, the People's Committee of Dien Chau district upgraded the road surface width to 7 meters, the asphalt roadbed to 5.5 meters from Dien Ngoc commune to Dien Kim. In 2015, a business in the district continued to invest over 10 billion VND to upgrade and expand the road by nearly 1 km to serve both the project and the people in the area. The road was put into use in 2016, but to date, many sections have seriously degraded.

This is an inter-commune route with a very high traffic density. Recently, the section passing through the commune has been seriously degraded. The cause stems from the discharge of wastewater from some seafood processing facilities onto the road, which stagnates over time, combined with heavy trucks running through, causing damage to the road. During meetings with voters, the commune and the people have repeatedly complained to higher authorities, but to date, it has not been resolved.

Mr. Dau Ngoc Hoa - Chairman of People's Committee of Dien Ngoc Commune (Dien Chau)