The Department of Transport of Da Nang City said that the industry received information from Road Management Area III in Official Dispatch No. 2495, dated October 11, 2024, regarding the organization of traffic flow during the construction and repair of the new Cau Lau Bridge. The traffic flow according to the above plan is related to the operation of the inter-provincial bus route between Da Nang City and Quang Nam Province (route LK21). Therefore, the Department of Transport of the two localities has proactively studied the plan to adjust the bus route according to the flow plan of Road Management Area III.
However, the options to adjust the route of the LK21 bus route from Da Nang to Tam Ky without going through the new Cau Lau bridge all increase the trip distance by a large amount (increasing by 20-30 km), increasing the time to complete a journey, and at the same time, the increase in costs leads to an increase in ticket prices by 30-50% compared to the current ticket prices. These increases have a great impact, making it inconvenient for people to continue choosing the LK21 bus route to travel. Therefore, the options to adjust the route of the LK21 bus route without going through the new Cau Lau bridge are not feasible, not meeting the travel needs of people on the route.
LK21 bus route is an inter-provincial bus route connecting Da Nang City with Tam Ky City and districts, towns and cities on the route to serve the daily travel needs of people with 64 trips/day (including both outbound and return trips). According to the assessment of the Department of Transport of the two localities, since its operation in April 2024, LK21 bus route has met the needs of people well, gradually creating the habit of traveling by public transport, contributing to reducing personal vehicles participating in traffic on roads, including national highways and provincial roads.
Based on the above contents, the Department of Transport of Da Nang City has sent the technical specifications of the bus type being used to operate the LK21 bus route and recommended that the Road Management Area III study and have a plan to adjust the traffic flow organization in the direction of allowing buses operating on the LK21 route to pass through the new Cau Lau bridge during the construction period to ensure the conditions for maintaining the operation of this bus route, meeting the travel needs of the people.
As reported by Quang Nam Newspaper, Road Management Area III has developed a traffic diversion plan when repairing the new Cau Lau Bridge. In particular, all cars of all types are banned from circulating with the expected traffic diversion bridge closure period of 60 non-consecutive days. By organizing it into 3 phases, each phase completely blocks vehicles for 20 days, with a 5-day interval between each phase. Construction and traffic diversion to ensure traffic safety is expected to begin at the end of November 2024.
After a meeting between the National Highway 1 management unit and the relevant departments of Quang Nam province, the localities involved in traffic diversion agreed not to ban non-motorized vehicles and motorbikes from circulating. Backup arrangements were made to ensure priority vehicles could go on emergency missions.
Deputy Director of the Department of Transport of Quang Nam province - Mr. Le Quang Hieu said that the industry has worked with the Department of Transport of Da Nang city to agree on the proposal to continue allowing buses from Da Nang to Tam Ky and vice versa to pass through the new Cau Lau bridge during the repair period. Because taking the detour through Giao Thuy bridge with a travel distance of more than 30km will increase costs, while the main users of the bus are the poor, students, and people going to see a doctor.
People also requested not to ban ambulances from circulating. Because ambulances carrying critically ill patients need to move in the shortest time to the hospital, if they go around, it will endanger human lives.
Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/kien-nghi-cho-xe-bust-da-nang-tam-ky-tiep-tuc-qua-cau-cau-lau-moi-3143949.html
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