'Grounding' the sidewalk in Vinh city to make parking space

(Baonghean.vn) - Mr. Nguyen Quoc Thang - Head of Vinh Urban Management Department said that the city will dig sidewalks on some streets to create parking bays for people. Accordingly, 5 streets will be piloted including: Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Le Mao, Le Hong Phong, Truong Thi and Ho Tung Mau.

Video of Vinh City government talking about sidewalk excavation policy

After 2 months of clearing sidewalk encroachment, many streets and roads in Vinh city have become crowded again due to cars stopping and parking on both sides of the road.

Meanwhile, traffic in the city is still “mixed”, meaning many types of vehicles share the same lane. That leads to some roads being frequently congested.

Vinh City has no parking lot, so all cars are parked on the street, making many streets narrow. Photo by Nguyen Son

Faced with the above reality and the lack of centralized parking lots in the area, the Vinh City People's Committee is implementing a plan to dig sidewalks to create "parking bays" for cars to serve people and businesses when they come to conduct transactions at a number of departments, branches and commercial areas.

It is expected that by the end of June 2017, parking bays on 5 streets will be implemented, including: Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Le Mao, Le Hong Phong, Truong Thi and Ho Tung Mau.

At the same time, Vinh city has compiled statistics on roads with sidewalks over 7 meters wide and proposed to the Provincial People's Committee to allow 1 lane of parking along the sidewalk; and on roads with sidewalks 9 meters wide, it is proposed to allow 1 lane of parking across.

Many cities in the country have also applied the form of cutting sidewalks to make parking bays. And the lessons for car drivers have also included the skill of stopping and parking in bays on the side of the road in the training program. Photo: Nguyen Son

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Thang added that the above policies come from the practical requirements of people and businesses, and the city will carry them out on the basis of ensuring that they do not disrupt planning or affect the urban landscape.

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