Re-encroachment of traffic safety corridor in Muong Xen Town
(Baonghean) - Muong Xen town is the economic and cultural center of the mountainous border district of Ky Son, but recently, violations of traffic safety corridors have been complicated, posing a potential risk of traffic safety loss. Although the authorities have detected and handled violations during the previous campaign to clear traffic safety corridors, re-encroachment still occurs.
National Highway 7, the section through Muong Xen Town, is more than 3 km long, with headquarters of many agencies and units, but the traffic safety corridor is being seriously encroached upon, the entire sidewalk is occupied by businesses to display goods, pile up raw materials, and scrap metal into high piles. Some kiosks display advertising signs right at the edge of the road, leaving no room for pedestrians, making many people angry. Currently, in Muong Xen Town, there are 256 businesses, of which 139 are along National Highway 7A. Not only encroaching on the road corridor, even the roadway is used by some people with little awareness to do business, hold markets, and park illegally... In the mornings, when Muong Xen Market starts, this area becomes more chaotic, noisy, and unsafe for traffic. On many sections of the route, people have turned the road into a "drying yard" for agricultural products, and there have even been cases of intentionally illegally building civil works and electric poles on the ATG corridor.
In the past, the town authorities have reminded households that encroach on traffic safety corridors. In order to restore order to the road traffic corridors and contribute to ensuring traffic safety in the center of Muong Xen Town, on July 28, the town's functional forces continued to organize the clearance of re-encroachment hotspots on National Highway 7A, the section passing through Muong Xen Town.
When asked about whether they are aware that encroaching on traffic safety corridors is wrong? People here said that they are still aware that encroaching on traffic safety corridors is wrong, and have been reminded by the authorities, but seeing that there are people selling, including officials, workers, and civil servants, they also follow suit.
The clearance of the traffic safety corridor by the Muong Xen Town government will be like “kidnapping and abandoning the plate” if there are no strong and drastic sanctions and measures. To eliminate the encroachment of the traffic safety corridor that has existed for many years, the most important thing is the awareness of strict compliance with the law from the people.
Bich Phuong
(Ky Son Radio)
