Overcoming landslides on National Highway 16

(Baonghean.vn) - Continuous heavy rains in recent days have caused many sections of National Highway 16 to have serious landslides, causing difficulties for traffic participants. Currently, authorities are coordinating with localities to overcome the landslides to clear the road.

National Highway 16 (the western road of Nghe An) is more than 200 km long, connecting Thanh Hoa province through the districts of Tuong Duong, Ky Son, and Que Phong. After the recent days of heavy rain, there were many landslides on the negative and positive slopes.

Of which, the section passing through Dong Van commune is the most severely damaged, currently has over 20 large and small landslides, estimated at over 60,000 m³landslides

Traffic management unit leveled the road at km 204+00 in Dong Van commune, Que Phong. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Phan Hai Ha, a technical officer of Nghe An Bridge and Road Construction Management Joint Stock Company, said: The unit manages 49 km of National Highway 16. We have mobilized 7 excavators to level the land at various locations. Up to this point, we have leveled over 25,000 m.³soil and rock, by the end of today (October 18) 1 lane will be open to traffic at weak points.

To completely handle the above locations, we continue to use excavators to level the landslides and compensate for the negative slopes. After the rainy season, we will proceed to build rock cages on the negative slopes and embank the landslides.

Van Truong