Ho Chi Minh City erects barriers under bridges
Friday, July 14, 2023, 13:26 GMT+7
The administration in Ho Chi Minh City has installed iron barriers under city bridges to prevent dumping and encroachment.
The installation of the iron barriers will not affect commuters.
Prior to the installation of these barriers, residents and businesses had been encroaching on spaces under bridges.
In some areas, these spaces were used as landfills and burn pits.
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| Spaces under bridges can no longer be used for business after the authorities in Ho Chi Minh City built barriers there. Vehicles travel through the areas as normal. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport had earlier tasked the Ho Chi Minh City Road Traffic Infrastructure Management Center and the Ho Chi Minh City Management Center of Public Transport with reviewing the use of spaces under bridges and drawing up a plan to restore the spaces by erecting barriers and constructing concrete flooring.
The department had also asked the two centers to enhance inspections and coordination with the People’s Committees of districts and Thu Duc City to handle anyone caught vandalizing the barriers and encroaching on the spaces.
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| Sets of outdoor fitness equipment are installed under the Binh Loi Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
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| Barriers under the Binh Loi Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City are locked to prevent encroachment. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
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| Iron barriers under the Binh Loi Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
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| Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper has repeatedly reported on the dumping and burning of garbage under the Rach Lang Bridge in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. The municipal authorities have erected barriers under the bridge. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
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| Besides the Rach Chiec, Binh Loi, and Rach Lang Bridges, the municipal authorities will install barriers under other bridges in the near future, including the Saigon Bridge and those along Vo Van Kiet Avenue. Photo: Phuong Nhi / Tuoi Tre |
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