Hanoi to spend 1.8 trillion VND addressing traffic congestion
The Hanoi People’s Council has passed a target programme on mitigating traffic congestion and ensuring traffic safety in the city for the 2021-2025 period with total funding of 1.8 trillion VND (nearly 80 million USD).
Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi People’s Council has passed a target programmeon mitigating traffic congestion and ensuring traffic safety in the city forthe 2021-2025 period with total funding of 1.8 trillion VND (nearly 80 million USD).
The programme is set to be carried out in five years with the budget allocated ona yearly basis of around 336 billion VND (14.5 million USD) for 2021, 343billion VND (15 million USD) for 2022, 401 billion VND (17.4 million USD) for2023, 425.8 billion VND (18.5 million USD) for 2024, and 359 billion VND (15.6million USD) for 2025.
Specifically, each year, the capital city targets to resolve seven to tentraffic congestion hotspots and timely eliminate black spots in trafficaccidents to cut traffic accident rate by 5-10 percent per year (in terms ofcases, number of deaths as well as injuries).
To achieve the goals, the local authorities figured out ten groups of solutionsincluding better management of high buildings and relocation of residents outof urban areas in order to reduce population density.
In addition, industrial production sites which cause environmental pollution,universities, vocational schools, and administrative units are set to relocatedout of the city’s center and increase land funds for traffic activities.
Budget will be given to improve public transport capacity and limit privatevehicles in long term.
Up to 180 roads at 12 districts will be embellished. Over 160 traffic lightswill be installed.
Noticeably, Hanoi will build an online digital traffic map to serve themanagement, operation and regulation of traffic and develop a smart parkingspot search software to help people find and pay parking spots conveniently./.
It is an urgent need for Vietnam to increase public transport and reduce private vehicle, it was agreed at a debate of representatives from nine sub-committees of the National Traffic Safety Committee on December 2 in the framework of the on-going Traffic Safety Conference 2021.
Vietnam has recorded remarkable improvements of traffic safety and order thanks to the involvement of the whole political system and efforts of people, said Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho at a plenary session of the Traffic Safety Conference 2021 on December 3.
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Traffic in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
