Vinh City residents use tires to 'patch' road surfaces
Living on Duc Thiet Street, people in Nghi An Commune (Vinh City) said that for many years now, due to the severe deterioration of the road, many households have had to use tires to "patch" the road surface to reduce shock, limit mud, potholes and reduce the speed of heavy trucks that regularly pass by.
Mr. Pham Van Kien - a resident with a house on Duc Thiet Street, through Hamlet 10, Nghi An Commune (Vinh City) was upset: "For many years now, people in Nghi An Commune, especially students, have had to travel on a road full of potholes every day; have to endure mud when it rains, dust when it's sunny, and always be afraid when dozens of heavy trucks run noisily from morning to night."
Standing on Duc Thiet street, Mr. Bach Long Ngu - Head of Hamlet 10, Nghi An commune, "introduced" the "potholes" of the road and the old motorbike tires that people left on the road to "patch".
Mr. Ngu said: “Duc Thiet road has been open for quite a long time, helping to connect the traffic between National Highway 46 and many roads through the communes of Vinh city and Nghi Loc district, creating convenience for people to travel. However, for nearly ten years now, the road through Hamlet 10 has become increasingly degraded. People have petitioned many times but it has not been repaired or upgraded. The commune and hamlet only occasionally support dumping soil and crushed stone to limit erosion, but only for a short time."
“Duc Thiet route is the general name for the entire route connecting communes and hamlets. Currently, the road passing through each hamlet and commune is named differently. The Duc Thiet route passing through hamlet 10, Nghi An commune (formerly Kim Tan hamlet) is now named Tran Van Quang street,” Mr. Bach Long Ngu further explained.
Across the street from Mr. Pham Van Kien, Ms. Ngo Minh Luong also expressed her frustration: On this road, heavy trucks often run day and night, in addition to the dust, when it rains, water is also splashed into the yard and house. The road has no drainage ditch, the road surface has become more and more bumpy, muddy, and dusty for many years. We have to stretch more tarpaulins and cloth curtains to prevent dust from entering the house. Students often slip and fall when passing this road on their way to school, living in constant fear.
Direct observation of the field at the Duc Thiet road section passing through hamlet 10, Nghi An commune as well as many communes and hamlets of Vinh city and Nghi Loc district shows that most of the sections have been firmly paved with asphalt. For example, the Duc Thiet road section passing through the communes of Nghi Duc, Nghi Phong (Vinh city), Nghi Thiet, Nghi Thinh (Nghi Loc)...
Currently, only the section through hamlet 10, Nghi An commune remains. Some roads connecting to Duc Thiet road through hamlet 5, Nghi Thinh commune are seriously damaged and have not been upgraded.
“Through meetings and voter contacts, we have also made recommendations and feedback to the higher authorities many times. However, for more than 3 years now, more than 90 households of Hamlet 10 have been waiting for too long, hoping that the road will soon be repaired, ending the rough and muddy situation that affects the lives of families living on both sides of the road; threatening the safety of people and vehicles traveling on this road”, Hamlet 10 Chief Bach Long Ngu expressed.
Regarding the damaged and degraded state of this road, Mr. Chu Van Mai - Chairman of Nghi An Commune People's Committee affirmed that the people's reflections are accurate. The leaders of the Commune People's Committee have also reflected many times to Vinh City People's Committee. In 2022, Vinh City announced that Tran Van Quang Road is included in the planning of Vinh Airport Expansion Project, the locality is not allowed to arbitrarily repair or renovate. The upgrading and renovation will be implemented by Vinh City.
“However, up to now, in March 2025, there has been no announcement from Vinh City about repairing or upgrading the road. To help people overcome difficulties, the Commune People's Committee has provided funding for people to pave a layer of crushed stone to improve the muddiness and temporarily fill in the subsidence and peeling areas,” said Mr. Chu Van Mai.