SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT TRAFFIC HOLD-UPS

Being a dynamic developing city with high growth  and a trading hub of all kinds of traffic, Haiphong is at high risk of traffic congestions if there is no active and sustainable solution. This is one of the contents mentioned at the 14th session of the 15th Haiphong people’s council opened in Tuesday morning about the proposal to prevent traffic hold ups in Haiphong to 2030, vision after 2030.

According to evaluation, now the traffic infrastructure of Haiphong is not synchronous and not connected effectively to new urban areas. Haiphong seaport has seen breakthrough developments. However, cargoes are mainly transported on roads, causing congestions. The growth of motorbikes  is 4.26 times and autos 8.16 times higher than the growth of road surface. Public transport has not in effective operation and attracted many passengers. These problems requires short and long-term overall measures to prevent traffic jams.

To solve this problem, the general proposal to prevent traffic hold-ups in the city to 2030, vision after 2030 focused on main groups of solutions:

–  Mr. Nguyen Duc Tho – Director of Haiphong Department of Transport

The breakthrough social, economic growth in the recent years, the robust urbanization and industrialization process, robust development of industrial and economic zones has put pressure on urban traffic infrastructure. More traffic jams occurred recently….  Thus the prevention of traffic congestions in all kinds of traffic has posed urgent needs for solving traffic shortcomings in both short and long-term./.