Blocking the plan to patch asphalt roads with clay on the national highway through 2 provinces Dak Nong – Dak Lak

04/06/2022 09:36 GMT+7

Accordingly, in recent days, traffic participants on National Highway 14c from Dak Mil district (Dak Nong) to Dak Lak province were very surprised when they saw a series of large clay dunes piled up on both sides of the road. .

Notably, these dunes are scattered and stretched for more than 10km, especially in the area with these towering dunes, the roads are severely degraded.

A series of dunes piled up on National Highway 14c.

Mr. Nguyen Van Man (resident in Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak) said that he often drove a truck carrying agricultural products through this route, discovered that the above situation had happened in the past few days, he himself did not understand. What the agency intends to do with these piles of soil.

At first, he thought that someone had accidentally dumped dirt there, not thinking about the story of using this soil to patch up the degraded road areas.

“I have been to many places and seen many roads deteriorate, but I have never seen this scene. In other places, if the road is too degraded, they just pour crushed stone and then go to wait for repair later,” he said. Man said.

Expression of suspicion of patching the road with clay on National Highway 14c.

An official working in Cu Jut district (Dak Nong) had the opportunity to cross this road very suddenly and did not understand the purpose of these dunes. He then used his personal phone to take pictures, record clips and send them to the authorities.

When receiving the above strange information, Mr. Nguyen Nhan Ban – Director of Dak Nong Department of Transport immediately directed to check the truth of the matter.

Talk to PV InfonetMr. Ha Si Son – Deputy Director of Dak Nong Department of Transport said that after receiving information and receiving instructions from his superiors, he personally went to the scene to check and confirm that there were soil dunes on both sides. road on national highway 14c in Dak Mil district.

People in traffic think that this is a strange phenomenon “one not two”.

Mr. Son said, after learning the purpose of the maintenance unit for these clay dunes, he asked to quickly clean all out of National Highway 14c area to ensure safety. for road users.

Mr. Son also explained specifically why there are dunes lying on the side of the road as the information reflects. Accordingly, recently, the maintenance unit, 909 Construction and Commercial Development Joint Stock Company, has sent a new person to supervise the maintenance problem of this work, maybe because it is raining but want to fix it. quickly to ensure traffic safety, this new employee brought the soil back with the intention of mixing it with rock to “patch” the degraded parts of the road.

“We did not accept this, so we directed to remove the soil and required the correct materials to be used to patch the road to ensure traffic safety,” Mr. Son said.

In some locations, the maintenance unit used stones to patch potholes.

According to PV’s research, this 10km road on National Highway 14c was built with a cost of about 20 billion VND and was put into use in 2017. The construction units are 2 companies in Dak Nong province and the winning unit is to secure the contract. Maintaining this road is the 909 Trade and Construction Development Joint Stock Company.

Highway 14c is seriously degraded.

Piles of clay are prepared to… patch the pavement.

Most of the land is dumped on the side of degraded roads.

This land is scattered and spread over a 10km road.

Leaders of Dak Nong Department of Transport affirmed that the maintenance unit’s intention to use land to patch roads is unacceptable work.

Hai Duong