Efforts to overcome landslides on traffic routes

Handling landslides causing traffic jams caused by storm No. 5 on National Highway 47 through Yen Nhan commune.

Due to the impact of storm No. 3 (from July 19 to 23, 2025), on national highways, there were landslides, sedimentation of ditches and culverts at 39 locations with a volume of about 25,280m3. On provincial roads, there were landslides at 2 locations with a length of about 32m; landslides and rolling rocks at 12 locations with a volume of about 1,300m3. With the efforts of road traffic management units, landslides on traffic routes due to the impact of storm No. 3 have been cleared. Units continue to focus on equipment, machinery, and human resources to clear landslides, sedimentation, dredge and clear ditches, restore the status of the roadbed and surface; place signs and barriers at landslides and damaged structures, ensuring safety for people and vehicles.

However, storm No. 5 (from August 25 to 28, 2025) caused more severe damage, causing many national highways in the province to have landslides, landslides, and road surface landslides at 214 locations, with a volume of about 16,430m3. The storm also caused landslides on negative slopes at 20 locations with a total length of 481m, and damaged road surfaces at 2 locations with an area of 495m2. On provincial roads, storms caused landslides on positive slopes, landslides, and road surface landslides at 220 locations, with a volume of about 20,580m3; landslides on negative slopes at 9 locations with a length of 225m; damage to the cone at 1 location and damage to the road surface at 2 locations with an area of 130m2...

After the landslide occurred, road management units actively mobilized machinery and workers to fix and clear the road as quickly as possible. At the same time, they assigned forces to be on duty on the assigned roads to monitor, detect and fix landslides and rocks that caused traffic jams. Present at the landslide site on National Highway 47, Km 111+500, in Lua village, Yen Nhan commune, despite the rainy weather, workers from the units still actively operated excavators, working overtime to clear the road surface. Directly directing the repair of the landslide on National Highway 47, Mr. Tran Ngoc Khai, an officer of the Thanh Hoa Traffic Works Maintenance Management and Public Passenger Transport Operation Board, said: “This is one of the serious landslides with a large volume of rock and soil, burying the road surface, causing local traffic congestion. After assessing the geology, the unit mobilized 3 large excavators, divided into construction teams, to clear the rock and soil, to open the road as soon as possible.”

Currently, the Department of Construction is entrusted with the management and maintenance of 75 routes and road sections with a length of 2,351km. Of which, there are 8 national highways with a length of 801km and 67 provincial roads with a length of 1,550km. In response to the unusual weather, the Department of Construction has urged road management units to prepare forces and vehicles including 134 bulldozers, excavators, cranes, rollers; 101 cars and 590 people to be ready to fix landslides occurring on traffic routes. At the same time, coordinate with localities to organize guards at spillways and areas at risk of deep flooding and landslides to regulate and guide traffic; resolutely not allow people and vehicles to circulate when safety is not guaranteed.

Deputy Director of the Department of Construction Pham Van Tuan said: “In order to proactively handle landslide situations on traffic routes, when a situation occurs, road traffic management units mobilize maximum human resources, machinery and equipment on site to quickly clear the route, while ensuring the safety of forces and vehicles participating in handling the scene. Along with that, coordinate with local authorities to determine the location of landslides to clear the route in the fastest time, ensuring that people's travel is not interrupted."

Article and photos: Le Hoi

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