Nghi Loc: 117 structures violating traffic safety corridors are being forcibly demolished.

Ms. Thai Thi An Chung, Deputy Head of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Provincial People's Council, chaired the meeting. Photo: Minh Chi

117 illegal constructions were forcibly demolished.

Nghi Loc is an area with a considerable number of transportation routes passing through it, including 5 national highways; 5 provincial roads; 22 district roads and a 16 km long railway line connected to 19 level crossings and local roads.

According to the leaders of the District People's Committee, Resolution No. 56/2016/NQ-HĐND, dated December 16, 2016, of the Provincial People's Council, which stipulates a number of measures to clear violations of traffic safety corridors, is an opportunity for Nghi Loc to focus intensely on implementing many solutions to clear violations of traffic safety corridors in the area.

According to Mr. Hoang Manh Hung, Deputy Head of Nghi Loc District Police, although Resolution No. 56/2016/NQ-HĐND of the Provincial People's Council stipulates the handling of responsibility for heads of agencies and organizations, no individual has been punished to date. Meanwhile, some Party committees, authorities, and sectors have not been truly decisive in ensuring traffic safety corridors. Photo: Minh Chi

Accordingly, alongside propaganda, mobilization, and signing commitments with households to voluntarily dismantle illegal structures and not re-encroach on traffic safety corridors, the district is also resolutely carrying out enforcement actions against those who do not voluntarily comply.

In nearly two years since Nghi Loc implemented Resolution 56/2016/NQ-HĐND, 4,282 out of 4,952 cases have voluntarily dismantled illegal structures along traffic routes. The district has also enforced the demolition of 177 cases, including many solid two-story houses that violated traffic safety corridors.

Difficult to resolve the issue of re-encroachment.

According to Mr. Nguyen Duc Tho, Vice Chairman of the Nghi Loc District People's Committee, the district currently lacks effective solutions to prevent re-encroachment and illegal use of traffic safety corridors after clearance operations. The reason is that while forces are actively involved in clearing violations during the initial stages, there is often a lack of personnel to maintain the operation afterward.

Furthermore, the biggest difficulty currently is that on many roads, there are residential buildings, business kiosks, and awnings located within the traffic safety corridor, obstructing visibility and posing a traffic safety risk, but these cannot be removed because the land in question belongs to organizations and individuals who have been granted land use rights certificates by the State.

Based on this situation, Mr. Nguyen Duc Tho suggested that the Provincial People's Committee should study the possibility of providing financial support to the locality to carry out compensation and relocate the aforementioned cases.

Survey team inspecting National Highway 48 E. Photo: Minh Chi

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Head of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Provincial People's Council, Thai Thi An Chung, stated that in order for Resolution No. 56/2016/NQ-HĐND to continue to be implemented effectively, the district should maintain the operation of the district and commune-level steering committees, clearly define the responsibilities of each member, and organize inspections, evaluations of responsibilities, and urging organizations and individuals to implement the resolution.

The district also needs to innovate its communication efforts, specifically defining the scope of clearance to raise awareness and a sense of responsibility, creating a genuine ripple effect of action among all segments of the population. This should be linked to measures to clear 493 cases, while simultaneously implementing solutions to prevent re-encroachment and maintaining measures to protect the traffic safety corridor.