Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Nghia Hieu: 'We cannot leave the pole standing in the middle of the road forever'
This was emphasized by Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province Hoang Nghia Hieu at the discussion session in the hall.
On the afternoon of December 5, the 25th session of the 18th Nghe An Provincial People's Council, term 2021 - 2026, held discussions in the hall.
In response to the delegate's feedback: After mobilizing people to donate land to open roads in the new rural construction, there is still a situation where some electric poles have not been relocated, many electric wires and telecommunication cables have not been dismantled after being replaced with new wires, potentially causing traffic safety problems for people during traffic and spoiling the beauty of the area; thereby, it is recommended that competent authorities need to have a definitive solution.
Chairing the discussion session, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Council Hoang Nghia Hieu asked the Director of the Department of Industry and Trade to explain and clarify.
To clearly define the responsibility for handling the above situation, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade Pham Van Hoa analyzed: It is necessary to clearly define whether the traffic road is built into the power line or the power line is built into the traffic road. If the power line is built into the traffic road, the electricity sector must take responsibility; and if the traffic road is built into the power line, the traffic sector must take responsibility for handling it.
Mr. Pham Van Hoa said that in reality, at the grassroots level, it is easier to clear the land when building a road to an electric line than when building an electric line to a road. Therefore, when expanding a road and requesting the electricity sector to clear the land, they are not responsible because the electric line was there first, so the sector only provides technical support.
Based on that analysis, the Director of the Department of Industry and Trade needs to base on the existing traffic or power line problems to find solutions.
After the response of the Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Nghia Hieu emphasized the responsibility of Party committees and authorities at all levels to resolve the issue to ensure safety and legitimate interests for the people.
"The local Party committees and authorities at the district and provincial levels, specifically the People's Committee, must have solutions to advise on a definitive solution to this problem. The poles cannot be left standing in the middle of the road like this forever," the Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized and requested the Provincial People's Committee to pay attention to thoroughly handling the issue.
Afterwards, when explaining some of the contents that delegates reflected on the transportation sector, Director of the Department of Transport Hoang Phu Hien stated that electric poles are located on traffic routes mainly on upgraded and renovated routes.
From the management practice of the industry, he said that, in principle, if electricity and telecommunications units "plant poles" in traffic corridors, they must commit that when upgrading or expanding traffic routes, the electricity and telecommunications industry must arrange funds for relocation.
Regarding voters' feedback on rural roads, Mr. Hoang Phu Hien said that the road system came first and the electric poles came later, but there was no requirement for the electricity industry to commit to funding relocation when expanding.
Meanwhile, the funding for building rural roads is mainly from the State and the people, so there is no funding for relocation.
From that reality, the Director of the Department of Transport said that the solution here needs to clarify responsibilities. If the electricity sector has a prior commitment, it must arrange funding for relocation; if there is no prior commitment, the investor, district, and commune must support and arrange funding; and the electricity and telecommunications sectors must coordinate with the investor to relocate, so as not to cause loss of aesthetics and traffic safety.