Many national highways in the North have been eroded due to floods

Heavy rains have seriously affected traffic in the North, not only in Quang Ninh but also in the national and provincial roads of Son La and Dien Bien.

Flood caused landslide in many national highways in the North

According to the General Department of Roads of Vietnam , it is estimated that the national highways run nearly 100,000 m3, slipping negative slippage of 480 m3, the surface of the road is subsided, damaged 3,000m2, the damage is about VND 20 billion.

Picture 1 of Many national highways in the North have been eroded due to floods

A number of national highways have thousands of cubic meters of positive airways causing traffic congestion for many hours. In National Road 6 through Son La province, flooding and flooding are flooded with pavement, traffic jams are intermittent, and 107 points of slang are lost, with 4,500m3 of rock.

Along the National Highway 4H, Dien Bien has 126 positive talus landslides with an estimated total volume of nearly 51,000 m3. Highway 18 passes through Quang Ninh province, many hours are blocked by 70cm deep water in many sections. The local road system in Quang Ninh also suffers a negative impact, causing the routes 326, 328, 329 and 331 to be blocked with a volume of over 70,000 m3.

Currently, the General Department of Roads of Vietnam has directed the Road Management Department I and the Department of Transport to concentrate forces to clean up the surface stone to clear the road. The location of flooded road surface, must be installed with pepper pile, warning barrier and 24 / 24h duty watch. Negative slippery positions will use steel gabion at the same time, coordinate traffic control channel.