No more roadworks after January 10: Hanoi authorities

All construction on roads and pavements in Hanoi must be halted or completed by January 10 to ensure traffic safety for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, the municipal transportation department said.
No more roadworks after January 10: Hanoi authorities ảnh 1Roadworks on Hai Ba Trung street, Hanoi in December 2019 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - All construction on roads and pavements in Hanoi mustbe halted or completed by January 10 to ensure traffic safety for the upcoming Tet(Lunar New Year) holiday, the municipal transportation department said.

Accordingly, all project management boards and contractors carrying outinfrastructure projects like installing water pipelines or power cables in thecapital city must return the roads and pavements to their original state byJanuary 10 at the latest.

The blanket order aimed at both finished and on-going projects.

Inspectors will be deployed to check on the work and strictly handleviolations, like digging up roads without permits, said the city transportationauthorities.

The transportation infrastructure maintenance board, meanwhile, will do finalchecks on city roads and fix any problems that arise before the Lunar New Year.

Ho Chi Minh City earlier also ordered banning all road works from January 17 toFebruary 1, or the 23rd of the final lunar month to the 8th day of the firstmonth of the lunar new year, with the cleanup of construction sites expected tobe done before January 17./.
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