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Minister of Transport keeps close eye on road construction
  • By P.Thao | dtinews.vn | July 09, 2014 02:23 PM

The minister of transport threatened to fire leaders of various positions if substandard construction is discovered during his survey in Thanh Hoa Province on July 8.

 

 Minister of transport Dinh La Thang (left) visits construction site

The vice chairman of Thanh Hoa People's Committee, Le Anh Tuan, gave reports for the first six months of the year, including construction progress, traffic accidents and overloaded trucks.

Regarding the overloaded truck problem, the director of the local Department of Transport said they could only install mobile weigh-stations along one route. They were unable to find any more viable locations to install these stations. However, the minister of transport, Dinh La Thang, said that, since it's a mobile station, the authorities can move it around for surprise checks.

Thang went on to reprimand local authorities over the quality of road construction after it was shown that some roads were so soft that vehicles left deep tire marks in them. Units who refuse to stop work even if their construction quality is in doubt may be subject to prosecution. Thang urged the authorities and contractors to find ways to overcome their shortcomings, especially the road subsidence, before the storm season arrives.

The minister was especially concerned about the drainage problem. The progress of the roads under construction is on schedule, but the roads are easily submerged during and after rains. Thang told the representative of the Transport Engineering Construction and Quality Management Bureau that he would dismiss them if the flooding problem continued. "The roads will be damaged if there's nowhere for the water to go. Any money spent on repairing those roads would be a waste," said Thang.

Contractors were also blamed for letting stones and other materials fall messily on the street, posing risks to vehicles. Thang ordered that all problems be fixed this month. 

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