Highway 1A roadway becomes a place for parking and trading

(Baonghean.vn) - Re-encroachment of roadsides and sidewalks is taking place in a complicated manner in Quynh Luu district (Nghe An), affecting traffic safety and posing a potential risk of accidents. Authorities have stepped in to clear violations, confiscating hundreds of billboards and goods, but the results have not been high.

The roadway of National Highway 1A, through Cau Giat town - Quynh Luu, has become a parking lot, and the sidewalk has become a place to store goods.

The project to upgrade and expand National Highway 1A, the section passing through Cau Giat town, completed with a two-way lane with sidewalks for pedestrians, has created a highlight, an urban space for the face of Quynh Luu district. However, not long after the road was put into use, the situation of businesses "occupying" all the sidewalks for pedestrians to display goods for sale.

Cau Giat town has about 600 businesses, including 400 kiosks along both sides of National Highway 1A. The businesses encroach on the sidewalk to store goods, while customers have no place to park their vehicles so they freely park their vehicles right on the road, causing potential traffic accidents.

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Encroachment on traffic safety corridor on National Highway 1A, through Quynh Luu section, is common.

"During the Tet holiday, violations become more common. Faced with this reality, the Quynh Luu District Police and other localities have mobilized to clear the encroachment, but when they saw the authorities leave, the businesses brought their goods back to their original display" - Mr. Vo Duc Mui - Chairman of the People's Committee of Cau Giat Town, Quynh Luu said.

Encroachment on roads and sidewalks is not only complicated in Cau Giat town but many other roads are also "occupied". Mr. Ho Ngoc Tu, Chief of Quynh Hau Commune Police, said: During the clearance of traffic corridors, the police organized the signing of commitments with households. However, after the clearance, many households, for business interests, continued to put up advertising signs and goods on the street...

Other routes in Quynh Luu were also "occupied".

The hidden danger of traffic accidents from encroachment on corridors, roadsides, and sidewalks has been warned for a long time. However, in reality, the clearance is like "kidnapping and abandoning the plate" because if the local authorities are not determined, the situation of encroachment on sidewalks is like a long tragicomedy with: "Encroachment - inspection, clearance - escape and continue to encroach"./.

Nhu Thuy