Nghe An: Joy from new community bridges
(Baonghean.vn) - By 2022, Nghe An will have many bridges built and put into use, helping to facilitate traffic and transport of goods, reduce danger and contribute significantly to economic development for the people.
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| Tam Lien Bridge, Tam Hop Commune (Quy Hop) crosses Dinh River, this bridge has been seriously degraded for a long time. Photo: Van Truong |
Nghe An is a mountainous province with complex terrain and dense rivers and streams. Almost every year, dozens of people drown, are swept away by floods, or have difficulty transporting agricultural products and traffic, with dangers lurking on the trees.temporary bridgeAlthough Nghe An has made efforts to allocate funds to build bridges to make people's lives more convenient, due to the huge demand, there are still many temporary bridges.
In that situation, thanks to the support of the World Bank (WB), the project to build a community bridge has been implemented in Nghe An. Currently, this project is rebuilding the Tam Lien bridge, Tam Hop commune (Quy Hop) across the Dinh river. This bridge has been seriously degraded for a long time, losing most of the railings, making it extremely dangerous. People and vehicles crossing the Tam Lien bridge, Tam Hop commune (Quy Hop) can easily fall into the Dinh river. Transporting agricultural products such as sugarcane and cassava to the hamlets is very difficult.
This new bridge was built in early 2021 and is now over 85% complete. It is expected that this bridge will be put into use by the end of March 2022.
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| Tam Lien Bridge, Tam Hop Commune (Quy Hop) across Dinh River is currently under construction. Photo: Van Truong. |
Ms. Tran Thi Tinh, a resident of Tam Hop commune, excitedly said: With this new bridge about to be put into use, in addition to making it easier for people to travel, we will also expand the area for growing agricultural products, and no longer have to worry about traders forcing down prices.
In Quynh Hung commune,Quynh Luuis implementing the construction of a bridge across the Thai River connecting the two communes of Quynh Hung and Quynh Dien (Quynh Luu district), which has been seriously degraded. The bridge is 40m long and 1m wide, and was built by the people of Quynh Dien and Quynh Hung communes in 2005.
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| The people's bridge across the Thai River connecting Quynh Hung and Quynh Dien communes (Quynh Luu district) is seriously degraded. |
In addition to the above project, in early August 2021, Quynh Luu district has just combined capital sources to build the above bridge worth 3.5 billion VND. Currently, the bridge across the Thai River passing through Quynh Dien and Quynh Hung communes has completed the construction of bridge piers, bridge beams, railings, and is implementing the construction of roads at both ends of the bridge, with progress reaching over 80%, and the bridge will be put into use by the end of February 2022.
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| The bridge across the Thai River connecting Quynh Hung and Quynh Dien communes (Quynh Luu district) is about to be put into use. Photo: Van Truong. |
According to the representative of the Quynh Luu District Project Management Board, in 2022, Quynh Luu District will continue to deploy 2 other weak bridges including 1 Quynh Nghia Commune Bridge, 1 National Highway 1 bypass bridge passing through Quynh Dien, Quynh Hung, Quynh Hong communes...
According to the report of Nghe An Department of Transport, from 2018 to present, with combined capital sources, such as World Bank (WB) capital (building people's bridges), New Rural Development capital, and Vietnam Road Administration capital, Nghe An has deployed dozens of people's bridges in the area built in difficult rural areas, which has relieved most of the travel needs of local people.
According to the plan in 2022, Nghe An will continue to build more than 10 other bridges in localities.
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