Nghe An: Linking the responsibility of leaders with the results of performing the task of ensuring traffic order and safety

To implement the above topic, the Provincial People's Committee requests member agencies of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee and District Traffic Safety Committees to closely link traffic safety assurance work with Covid-19 epidemic prevention work, focusing on implementing well the following 8 key groups of tasks:

1. Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of leadership and direction, first of all, strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of Conclusion No. 45-KL/TW dated February 1, 2018 of the Secretariat on continuing to promote the effective implementation of Directive No. 18-CT/TW of the 11th Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in ensuringTraffic SafetyRoad, railway, inland waterway and traffic congestion relief. Improve the functions and tasks, enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee and District Traffic Safety Committee to meet the requirements of the new situation.

Traffic police of Vinh City Police regulate traffic. Photo courtesy of HV

2. Develop and complete programs, plans, mechanisms, legal policies and regulations related to traffic safety assurance to promptly and effectively apply the achievements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution into practice. Integrate traffic safety assurance goals into sectoral planning, land use planning, urban and rural construction and specialized planning on transportation.

3. Ensure the progress and quality of key transport infrastructure investment projects; organize traffic scientifically and reasonably, maintain and repair transport infrastructure associated with reviewing and thoroughly handling black spots and potential traffic accident spots; eliminate illegally opened paths across railways; prevent and handle encroachment on maritime routes and inland waterways; invest in upgrading cross-river passenger terminals to ensure inland waterway safety.

Traffic regulation in Vinh city. Photo courtesy of HV

4. Focus on directing and mobilizing forces to clear violations of traffic safety corridors according to Resolution No.27/2001/NQ-HĐND dated 09/12/2021 of the Provincial People's Council and Plan No. 36/KH-UBND dated20/01/2022 of the Provincial People's Committee. Regularly inspect, detect, clear and promptly prevent violations of roads, curbs, sidewalks, and road safety corridors; maintain clearance results, and prevent re-encroachment or illegal use of roads, curbs, sidewalks, and road safety corridors after clearance.

5. Strengthen state management of transportation, training, testing, and driver licensing; improve technical safety and environmental protection of means of transport, facilitate production, business, and circulation of vehicles.Heymeans of transport; investment and development of public transport systems in urban and inter-provincial areas.

6. Persistently and actively build a culture of safe traffic. Innovate the work of propaganda, dissemination and education of laws on traffic safety in the direction of taking behavioral changes as the criteria for evaluating results; promote propaganda to build a culture of safe traffic on social networks and digital infrastructure; guide and integrate the goal of ensuring traffic order and safety into the programs, plans and activities of agencies, units, schools and enterprises.

Traffic increased dramatically on the first day of the Tet holiday. Photo courtesy of LT

7. Improve capacity and effectiveness of law enforcement on ensuring traffic safety and disease prevention inggTransport; promote the application of information technology; build and ensure the ability to connect and share databases between the Transport sector, Police, Health, Insurance and relevant authorities in law enforcement and sharing to serve the work of building, propagating, disseminating and educating laws on traffic safety.

8. Improve capacity for rescue, relief, treatment of victims and overcoming consequences of traffic accidents.g; training in first aid skills for traffic accidents for grassroots medical staff, law enforcement forces and traffic participantsg.

Checking alcohol concentration for drivers. Photo: D.C.

In addition to regular tasks, the Provincial People's Committee also requires departments, branches, sectors, unions and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to focus on directing, synchronously and drastically implementing the assigned key tasks. Disseminate and thoroughly grasp the tasks to each cadre, civil servant, public employee and worker to gradually build a traffic culture associated with effective control of the Covid-19 epidemic; Attach the responsibility of individual leaders to the results of performing the task of ensuring traffic safety within the scope of functions, tasks and authority of agencies and units.

The violation monitoring and handling system is located at the Command Center of the Provincial Traffic Police Department. Photo: D.C.

The Provincial People's Committee also emphasized the need to strengthen the application of science and technology in ensuring traffic safety, first of all focusing on the application of IT and data science in transport management and operation; traffic control; traffic safety propaganda; monitoring, detecting and handling violations of traffic safety./.

The 4 goals set by the Provincial People's Committee in the traffic safety plan issued on February 8, 2022 include:

- Raise awareness of law compliance and build a culture of safe traffic;

- During the year, traffic accidents will reduce by 5-10% in terms of number of cases, deaths and injuries;

- Prevent traffic congestion on main traffic axes and key traffic hubs in large cities and avoid traffic congestion when controlling the epidemic;

- Do not let Covid-19 spread or break out in transportation activities.