As the year draws to a close, repair and maintenance work on national highways and provincial roads across the province, particularly routes heavily affected by natural disasters, is being implemented with urgency and determination by relevant agencies to ensure safe travel for the public during the Tet holiday.

In line with the direction of the provincial People’s Committee, disaster recovery works, congestion mitigation and traffic safety measures on national highways and provincial roads are being rolled out on a large scale.

Units and contractors are focusing on repairing and maintaining roads to ensure safe travel for the public during the Tet holiday.

Accordingly, total funding for disaster recovery and the repair of damaged transport infrastructure on national highways running through the province, including National Highways 25, 29, 19C, 26, 27, 14C and 1D, is estimated at around 33.1 billion VND from the state budget. Meanwhile, repair funding for key provincial roads such as DT641, DT642, DT643, DT644, DT645, DT646 and DT647 amounts to approximately 8.7 billion VND. These projects aim to promptly address disaster-related damage, remove traffic bottlenecks, and repair roadbeds, pavements, bridges, culverts, drainage systems and traffic safety facilities, thereby facilitating travel and the circulation of goods - especially during the year-end peak and the Lunar New Year.

Beyond routes under local management, maintenance and repair works on national highways administered by central authorities are also being accelerated.

Ensuring smooth traffic flow

At year-end, repair and maintenance works are being carried out at an accelerated pace on many road sections.

According to Dinh Dang Vien, Director of the provincial Road Maintenance Management Board (under the Department of Construction), priority is being given to urgent repair measures to ensure immediate traffic safety, while longer-term remediation plans are being prepared pending full funding allocation. All repair and maintenance works are scheduled for completion before the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, ensuring safe traffic flow and minimising accident risks, particularly during Tet.

From a longer-term perspective, transport infrastructure maintenance and upgrading will focus on sustainability and climate change adaptation. Nguyen Manh Thang, Deputy Director of the Viet Nam Road Administration, noted that National Highway 1 running through Dak Lak is frequently affected by flooding. He stressed the need to prioritise funding for comprehensive maintenance and upgrading, and to review the redesign of median strips to improve drainage capacity, thereby reducing inundation risks, enhancing traffic safety and increasing the durability of transport works.

Translated by KHUONG THAO