Vinh City officially renovated sidewalks to make parking lots for cars

In order to reduce traffic congestion, ensure traffic order and safety, and create urban beauty, in recent days, Vinh city has piloted sidewalk renovation to create car parking lots.

Officials of the city's urban infrastructure unit conduct a survey on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, the section where the sidewalk is being renovated to become a car park. Photo by Nhat Lan.

There are 3 streets with sidewalks that have been piloted for renovation, including: Le Mao Street, from the City Tax Department to Vinh City Party Committee; Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, from the Department of Justice to the Gas Station; Le Hong Phong Street, across Hoa Sen Kindergarten and across the Department of Transport.These roads have wide, open sidewalks, but are often crowded with cars parked on both sides of the road.

The sidewalk in front of Hoa Sen Kindergarten is being renovated. Photo: Nhat Lan.

Regarding the construction plan, on the sidewalk to be renovated, there will be pDismantle existing curb and sidewalk structures and convert them into parking lots.After demolition, the sidewalk elevation is lowered with a width from the edge of the road surface to 3m toconverted into a parking lot. DirectionCar parking along the direction of traffic. The surface structure of the parking lot is made of thick asphalt concrete, with additional layers of crushed stone on top, crushed stone on the bottom, crushed stone aggregate layer... compacted to ensure standard density.

Sidewalk section of Le Mao street, the load-bearing ditch system is being installed. Photo: Nhat Lan.

In addition, at car parking lots, the existing drainage ditches will be replaced with reinforced concrete ditches; surface water collection pits will be replaced, curbs will be replaced, decorative electric poles and low-voltage electric poles will be relocated, signs will be placed and painted according to regulations.. Simultaneously, will remove the old flower pot, design a new concrete flower pot, plant Passionflower in the pot to create landscape.

Although the sidewalk is being renovated to create a parking lot, the requirement of Vinh city is to ensure that the green tree system and the pedestrian corridor are preserved. In the photo is the sidewalk section opposite the Department of Transport that is being renovated. Photo: Nhat Lan.

According to the representative of the Vinh City Urban Management Department, renovating sidewalks to create car parking spots is one of the solutions toMinimize traffic congestion, encroachment on roadsides and sidewalks, ensure traffic safety, aesthetics and urban order.Vinh city. This solution has been planned to be implemented.in 2017, however, it was only implemented this year.

Currently, Vinh city will pilot the renovation of 4 sidewalk sections on 3 streets with a total cost of about 10 billion VND. With a total length of sidewalk to be renovated of 760m, when completed, it will create parking spaces for 106 cars.

In fact, Vinh city with the rapid development speed of a Type I urban area, constructions, office buildings, shopping centers, entertainment areas, supermarkets... are increasing; while people's lives are improving day by day, parking cars has become an urgent need.

Along with the sidewalk renovation, Vinh city also replaced the paving bricks of some streets with tezzarro bricks, ensuring durability and achieving aesthetics. Photo by Nhat Lan.

Because the land fund for building parking lots is limited, many vehicle owners do not have a place to park their cars and have to park in spots without parking lines, causing traffic congestion and loss of urban beauty.

Therefore, there is a need for constructions that can meet the demand for parking. And renovating sidewalks and building parking lots on the streets is a feasible solution to this problem.