Vietnam: Demarcating the shared safety corridors between roads and railways

15:30, 26/09/2015

This is a notable content of Circular No. 50/2015/TT-BGTVT guiding a number of articles of Decree No. 11/2010/NĐ-CP dated February 24, 2010 of Vietnam’s Government on management and protection of road infrastructures.

Hành lang chồng lấn giữa đường bộ và đường sắt, Thông tư 50/2015/TT-BGTVT

Specifically, according to Circular No. 50/2015/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, the safety corridor shall be demarcated on the principle of giving priority to the rail safety corridor while ensuring that the rail safety corridor does not overlap roadworks talus or any part of roadworks.

Where the roadworks are adjacent to and share the same safety corridor with railways, the boundary shall be demarcated as stipulated in clause 2, Article 1 of Decree No. 100/2013/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government.

Moreover, Circular No. 50/2015/TT-BGTVT also stipulates that where the shared safety corridor is smaller than the expected rail safety corridor under provisions of laws, the rail safety corridor shall be prioritized; in the event that the rail safety corridor overlaps the construction works, the boundary shall be the outer edge of the roadworks.

Besides, Circular No. 50/2015/TT-BGTVT also stipulates that every works located outside the road safety corridor shall maintain the distance stipulated in Article 22 of Decree No. 11/2010/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government. In case that any works outside the road safety corridor affect traffic safety and traffic flows but are not remedied at requests of road authorities, the road authorities shall request the People’s Committee to deal with, within their jurisdiction, under regulations of laws.

View full text at Circular No. 50/2015/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2016.

Thu Ba

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