The Vietnam Road Administration announced that they have implemented the instructions of the Minister of Transport on measures to overcome shortcomings and ensure traffic safety on the Cam Lo – La Son expressway and other 2-lane expressways. The unit held an urgent meeting with relevant agencies to organize and ensure traffic on the route.
The Director of the Vietnam Road Administration, Nguyen Xuan Cuong, assigned the Director of the Road Management Zone II to take charge and coordinate with the Ho Chi Minh Highway Project Management Board, the Traffic Police Command to command and control traffic on the route; the provincial Traffic Safety Committee and other relevant agencies and units to review the traffic organization on the route to supplement signboards, road markings, and instructions…
Currently, vehicles are only allowed to overtake on sections with 4 lanes (9 sections with 4 lanes, each section about 1.5 km long). To ensure safety for road users, the Vietnam Road Administration requires a review of straight road sections with favorable visibility conditions to adjust the solid line markings to dashed line markings, creating conditions for vehicles to avoid and overtake when conditions permit.
The Vietnam Road Administration requires units to adjust the solid line markings to dashed line markings, creating conditions for vehicles to avoid and overtake when conditions permit.
On curved and inclined sections within the area, sections without guaranteed traffic safety and restricted visibility will maintain the solid line markings.
The section of Cam Lo – La Son starting from the northern provincial road 579 junction in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province, the Vietnam Road Administration requires units to review the junctions to adjust and supplement road signs, road markings, and other traffic safety items to ensure the best driver guidance.
For the transitioning section from 2 lanes to 4 lanes and vice versa, units need to supplement direction standards, reflective nails, road signs, review and adjust the positions, contents of the signs, and other traffic safety items, review positions at risk of traffic safety loss to adjust the exploitation speed lower than the design and suitable for reality.
In addition, the Road Management Zone II is currently reviewing the entire infrastructure of the project to adjust and supplement to enhance the work of ensuring traffic order and safety.
The Vietnam Road Administration proposes that the Traffic Police Command and relevant functional forces strengthen inspection and handling of violations of traffic order and safety on the Cam Lo – La Son and La Son – Hoa Lien routes.
Additional information on implementation, Mr. Nguyen Vu Quy – Director of the Ho Chi Minh Highway Project Management Board, said that on February 26, the parties will have a meeting and finalize the traffic adjustment plan on the Cam Lo – La Son expressway. The parties will discuss the installation of a surveillance camera system, lighting system, rigid separation…
As for the long-term plan, Mr. Quy said that the Board is making efforts to report the feasibility of expanding the expressway to 4 lanes to the Ministry of Transport in March 2024.
