Focus on road maintenance before the rainy season
(Baonghean.vn) - In order to contribute to ensuring traffic safety and serving people's travel needs, the Road Maintenance Management Board and the Department of Transport are actively focusing on the maintenance and repair of national highways before the rainy and stormy season.
Speed up construction progress
In recent years, Nghe An has been approved by the Ministry of Transport to transfer a number of local routes with a total length of more than 961 km from provincial roads to national highways (QL7B, QL48E, QL48D, QL16, etc.). Taking advantage of capital sources from the Central Government to support investment, the Department of Transport is focusing onmaintenance and repair of traffic routes.
For example, Highway 48 from Quy Hop - Quy Chau - Que Phong districts has a seriously degraded asphalt pavement. Since the beginning of July 2020, this route has been paved with asphalt concrete, currently all construction packages are ahead of schedule and construction quality is guaranteed. In particular, Giang Son Construction Joint Stock Company is constructing from Km77 to Km90 (section through Quy Chau district), has completed 100% of the asphalt paving ensuring quality, and is currently implementing a number of restoration items such as drainage ditches, marker posts, and signs, expected to be handed over in September, more than 1 month ahead of schedule.
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| Road through Yen Thanh town, Yen Thanh district. Photo: Van Truong |
For National Highway 7B with a total length of 45 km, passing through several communes of Yen Thanh and Do Luong districts connecting withNational Highway 7, QL46, however, before being transferred to the national highway, this route had not been maintained or repaired due to long-term use, many sections were flooded during the rainy season, so it was seriously degraded. After being transferred to the national highway, in 2017, QL7B was maintained and repaired, but due to funding difficulties, only about 70% of the repairs were completed.
From the beginning of July 2020, National Highway 7B continued to be invested in repairing sections passing through Hoa Thanh, Trung Thanh, Bac Thanh, My Thanh communes, Yen Thanh town (Yen Thanh) and sections passing through Thuong Son commune (Do Luong). Specifically, the road was repaired for over 10 km, of which 7 km was paved through communes in Yen Thanh, and 3 km was paved in Thuong Son commune (Do Luong).
Up to this point, the repair packages on National Highway 7B have ensured the progress and quality of the project. Currently, the progress of the package implementation has reached over 50%, the road surface alone has reached over 70%, and some other auxiliary works are expected to be completed and put into use in November 2020.
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| Construction of drainage ditch on Highway 48E. Photo: Van Truong |
Taking advantage of favorable weather, construction units are currently speeding up the construction progress of the key traffic route National Highway 48E, over 200 km long, connecting from Con Temple area (Hoang Mai town) to Nghia Dan, Tan Ky, Do Luong and Yen Thanh districts.
Right from the start of construction, the joint venture deployed human resources, machinery and equipment to ensure progress and quality. Up to now, the unit has completed the construction of a 2.5 km long 3-layer asphalt pavement through Nghia Thai commune (Tan Ky); this phase I of National Highway 48E has been maintained for over 30 km, and 8 km of asphalt pavement through densely populated areas. According to the plan, this route will be put into use in December 2020.
Strengthen and monitor to improve construction quality
Mr. Ho Ba Thai - Director of the Road Maintenance Management Board under the Nghe An Department of Transport said: Since the beginning of 2020, the Road Maintenance Management Board has been maintaining and repairing many key national highways of the province.
During the construction process, the Management Board regularly checks and supervises the quality of the project, from input materials to ensure quality according to regulations. Urge construction units to concentrate human resources, equipment, and machinery to speed up construction progress. Together, overcome difficulties and accompany businesses during the construction process.
In particular, the construction requirements must ensure traffic safety, fully arrange signs, markers, etc., not let materials fall on the road, and not let traffic jams occur on the route. After the routes are maintained and repaired, the traffic safety system on the route is fully arranged according to regulations such as: Road markings, speed bumps, signs, signs prohibiting parking on narrow, crowded roads; arrange reflective studs, guide markers on the routes to ensure safety for vehicles.
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| During the construction process, warning signs were placed to ensure safety for traffic. Photo: Van Truong |
Mr. Hoang Phu Hien - DirectorDepartment of Transportadded: In order to increase transparency in selecting maintenance contractors, from 2019 onwards, Nghe An Department of Transport has organized online bidding for 100% of projects. This is a formbiddingMinimize human intervention to ensure transparency, competition, and cost savings.
According to preliminary calculations, online bidding can save about 10% of costs, and at the same time help the bidding party reduce paperwork because documents are stored on the national bidding network system and can be easily extracted during the inspection process.
In the coming time, the Department of Transport will continue to direct the Road Maintenance Management Board, coordinate with specialized departments and related units to conduct field inspections of each route; review and develop plans.road maintenanceclosely to reality and organize regular management and maintenance bidding for all assigned routes. National highways in the process of maintenance and upgrading are all designed closely to the actual situation to promote investment efficiency.
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| Asphalt paving of National Highway 48E through Nghia Thai commune (Tan Ky). Photo: Van Truong |
In particular, along with maintenance and repair, during the rainy and stormy season, the Department of Transport directs its affiliated units to arrange permanent forces to handle all situations that arise, ensure smooth traffic safety, meet people's travel needs, and avoid unfortunate incidents that may occur./.
