People arbitrarily broke the fence to open a path across the railway at Yen Ly intersection.
(Baonghean.vn) - The Yen Ly level crossing at km 270 + 575 on the North-South railway through Dien Yen commune, Dien Chau district was closed and installed with a hard median strip and stopped by the Ministry of Transport and the Nghe An Traffic Safety Board. However, recently, some people have arbitrarily broken the barrier to illegally open a path across the railway.
Mr. Tran Dang Lam, Head of Yen Ly Railway - Nghe Tinh Railway Joint Stock Company said: On the night of May 17, at km 270 + 575 where the barrier had just been closed for two years, some people arbitrarily cut the hard railing fence to open an illegal path. We reported the above incident to Dien Yen Commune Police and Nghe Tinh Railway Joint Stock Company for handling.
On the morning of May 30, when we were present at this illegal crossing, we saw many motorbikes, bicycles and primitive vehicles passing through this 2 meter (width) crossing. The risk of traffic accidents is very high.
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| Traffic participants risked their lives to cross the sawed-off barrier at Yen Ly intersection. Photo: Xuan Bay. |
It is known that after the railway blocked the Yen Ly intersection, the traffic of more than 20 households at the intersection had to go around 4 km more, so the people submitted a petition to the Ministry of Transport. On November 29, 2017, Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho issued Official Dispatch No. 13496/BGTVT - CQLXD allowing the opening of a residential access road south of Yen Ly intersection with a size of over and under 1.5 m for rudimentary vehicles and pedestrians according to the design of the access road running within the railway safety corridor, connecting to the existing level crossing to Nghe An Aquatic Breeding Center.
Mr. Vo Minh Duc - Chief of Office of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee said: Immediately after receiving the report, we established an inspection team, have now prepared a document and assigned the police to investigate and handle the subject who sawed the railway barrier and charged him with "sabotaging traffic works" to be strictly handled before the law. At the same time, we urge relevant units to promptly deploy service roads for convenient travel for people.
The construction of a service road and a shared path for people at Yen Ly intersection has been approved by the Ministry of Transport and assigned to the Department of Public-Private Partnership, the Department of Transport Infrastructure, Vietnam Railways Corporation, and BOT QL 1A CIENCO 4 2TV LLC to implement, but 6 months have passed, and the authorities have not implemented it, causing people to be frustrated and open their own paths, with a high potential risk of traffic accidents.
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Do not install barriers at illegally opened civil level crossings.
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