Management of Road System Construction under the General Construction Planning by the year 2020 of Cau Giay District, Hanoi City

By

Le Van Thu

Abstract

The district of Cau Giay is one of Hanoi’s districts achieving high-speed urbanization level. Along the district’s urbanization process, many new traffic systems have been constructed and developed, contributing to renovating and modernizing the general urban picture of Hanoi in general and of the district in particular. However, beside the achievements, there remained a lot of weaknesses in the district’s construction and management of urban traffic systems, especially in that of road systems. This study points out the significant problems existing in Cau Giay’s construction and management of road systems. Among those is the development of road systems in the districts are not catching up with Hanoi’s current urbanization process.

In fact, the construction and management of urban landscape along the district’s streets is not efficient. The local technical infrastructures in some areas of the district are not modern and synchronous enough. There remain a lot of problems in the activities of technical infrastructure construction management in accordance with the district’s general construction plan. Based on the facts and figures, the study refers to the theories to describe the roles of road systems in the city’s urbanization process as well as the role of planning road networks in the city’s general urban plan. It also mentions the requirements and legal basis of road system management under the general construction plan.

In the following part, the study use Cau Giay as a case study for this topic, in which solutions to all the existing problems in the district’s road systems management are analysed so that the road system development is in accordance with the district’s general construction plan by 2020.

To the study’s conclusion, it is essential to build traffic systems synchronized with the district’s other technical infrastructure systems. At the same time, there need to pay more attention in improvement of the local residents’ compliance with the regulations on construction. In addition, the study also emphasizes that importance of building short-term investment plan within the long-term plan for road system construction and attract the other investment sources beside the state budget by encouraging the various investment firms such as BT (Build- Transfer), BOT (Build – Operate – Transfer) and BTO (Build – Transfer – Operate).

Executive summary

Rationale of research

This research has been conducted to identify problems in road system of Cau Giay District, Hanoi City.

Objectives of study

To study and analyse, general planning of roads in Cau Giay District, Hanoi City. To suggest improvement in the efficiency of planning.

Methodology  

The exploratory research method is used to study road planning and management Cau Giay District, Hanoi City and the current Vietnam regulations for road planning and management.

Findings and conclusion

Management of the road system under the construction planning is a complicated system involved with different sectors. The road system construction planning management may be assessed comprehensively as follows:

            Attained results: Some new roads have been planned and developed in accordance with the approved planning, forming beautiful, modern and synchronous streets for technical infrastructure and landscape, settling difficulties occurred from the urbanization process. Management of construction planning has been regulated and improved suitable to the practice for the first step.

            Shortcomings: Beside the attained results in the road system management construction planning, there are still shortcomings to be settled: construction of many roads is in confusion, not in accordance with the planning; the spontaneous building of works along streets still exists and is not timely prevented. The reality requires strengthening management of construction planning of the road system re-organization of construction administration agency, improvement of inspection and supervision of construction in conformity to the planning, supplementation and completion of regulations on disciplines for violations in road construction.

            Therefore, we have to correctly assess the real situation of the construction and development of the road system subject to the construction planning to give solutions for effective management and construction, contributing to and accelerating the development of Cau Giay District in coming time.

To conclude, it is very necessary to manage the construction of road system in Cau Giay District under the general construction planning in order to improve the living standards, conforts and create favourable environment for urban inhabitants.

Recommendations

·         In the investment and construction of road system, besides the construction of new urban areas, it must be focused on the investment of infrastructure reform with existing construction area.

·         Routes must be defined the heart and boundary line that have been approved and closely managed, avoiding re-occupying and violating boundary line.

·         Positively taking part in the completion of legal document system on management of urban construction planning as well as management of urban roads; proposing difficulties during the execution; simultaneously, increasing the work of construction management as planned.

·         Increasing capacity of management, adding power and responsibilities of ward-level authority in the work of management of road system construction and management of road boundary line.