Strengthening the clearance of violations and preventing re-encroachment on road and railway traffic safety corridors

To ensure progress and effectiveness in implementing the task of clearing violations and preventing re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors in 2022 in Nghe An province, the Department of Transport (the unit assigned by the Provincial People's Committee to regularly monitor and urge departments, branches and localities) proposes:

Illegal construction was cleared by the authorities of Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Chuong district. Photo: Quang Nguyen

Department of Natural Resources and Environment

- Direct the Provincial Land Registration Office to review, update, and correct land changes; correct land management records (cadastral maps, cadastral books, inventory books, land use right certificates, land lease contracts, etc.) fully and promptly when there are changes. Provide data on measurements and excerpts of land plots to the District-level Steering Committee for Clearance of Traffic Safety Violations.

- Direct and guide the People's Committees at the district level to thoroughly handle cases of land allocation beyond their authority due to historical reasons, and land allocation within the planning boundaries of traffic safety corridors after the announcement of road planning and land scope for road drainage.

Department of Justice:

- Preside over and coordinate with the Provincial Police and the Department of Transport to review regulations on management, protection and use of traffic safety corridors. If any inadequacies are found, propose to competent authorities to amend, supplement or replace them to comply with legal regulations and actual conditions of the province;

- Advise the Provincial Council for Coordination of Law Dissemination and Education to develop plans and topics for disseminating and popularizing regulations on clearing violations and preventing re-encroachment of traffic safety zones in the province.

Vinh City clears traffic safety corridors at hospitals. Photo: Quang An

Department of Home Affairs:Preside over and coordinate with the Provincial Police, Department of Justice and Department of Transport to advise the Provincial People's Committee to issue regulations on rewards, discipline and handling of responsibilities in performing the task of clearing violations and preventing re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors.

Department of Information and Communications:Direct and guide media and press agencies in the province (mainly Nghe An Radio and Television Station, Nghe An Newspaper) to promote the dissemination of Resolution No. 27/2021/NQ-HDND and the Plan to clear violations and prevent re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors of the Provincial People's Committee.

Department of Culture and Sports:

- Preside and coordinate with the Standing Committee of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee to compile propaganda content, disseminate laws on management, protection and use of traffic safety equipment to print on leaflets, record tapes and discs to serve the work of propaganda, dissemination and legal education.

- Preside over urging, guiding, inspecting and evaluating the implementation results of the District People's Committee in arranging and rearranging the system of billboards, billboards and outdoor signs within the scope of road and railway traffic safety according to Decision No. 47/2018/QD-UBND dated November 27, 2018 of the Provincial People's Committee.

Checking the railway traffic corridor in Dien Chau district. Photo: Mai Giang

For the Department of Road Administration II, the Department of Transport recommends:
- Develop and organize the implementation of a plan to clear violations and prevent re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors of the Transport sector in accordance with the assigned functions and tasks in 2022. Direct the Road Management Department: Coordinate with district and commune-level working groups to determine corridor boundaries; review and classify violators; participate with local authorities at district and commune levels to clear violations on the assigned management routes. At the same time, direct and urge road management units to:
+ Participate in the Steering Committee for clearing encroachment and re-encroachment of traffic safety at district and commune levels;
+ Arrange technical staff to coordinate with district and commune-level working groups to determine corridor boundaries; review and classify violators and encroachers of traffic safety corridors so that local authorities at district and commune levels can develop clearance plans;
+ Coordinate with local authorities at district and commune levels to arrange human resources, equipment, and vehicles of units participating in clearance on the assigned management route;
+ Provide complete records and documents related to traffic safety management (especially records of violations of road land and traffic safety corridors that have not been handled or not completely handled) to the Steering Committee for clearing encroachment and re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors at the district level;
+ Organize the planting of landmarks, painting lines, placing signs and making records of handover of cleared land to local communes for reception and management on assigned national highways.
+ Fully supplement the "road land" and "road traffic safety corridor" markers on managed national highways.
For Nghe Tinh railway exploitation branch, Department of Transport proposes:

Develop and organize the implementation of a plan to clear violations and prevent re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors of the transport sector in accordance with the assigned functions, tasks and actual situation of each period. Recommend that Vietnam Railway Corporation soon allocate funds and organize the installation of additional markers of "railway construction protection area", and receive the handover of cleared areas for management. At the same time, assign officers of the Railway Operation Branch to participate in delegations and working groups to clear violations and prevent re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors established by the People's Committees at the district level; Coordinate with working groups at the district and commune levels to determine corridor boundaries; review and classify violators; participate with local authorities at the district and commune levels to clear violations on the North-South railway line.

During the implementation process, if there are any difficulties or problems, agencies and localities are requested to continue reporting to the Department of Transport for synthesis, proposal of plans, and consultation with the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and decision.