Requirements for planning of common-used of technical infrastructure works in Vietnam

Requirements for planning of common-used of technical infrastructure works in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is common-used of technical infrastructure works?

According to Clause 2, Article 2 of Decree 72/2012/ND-CP, common-used of technical infrastructure works means works constructed to arrange, install lines, cables, pipelines, including: Aerial poles; cable (conductor) poles; cable works; technical trenches and tunnels; urban roads; roadway tunnels; railway tunnels; sewers; roadway and railway bridges.

2. Requirements for planning of common-used of technical infrastructure works in Vietnam

Specifically, in Article 7 of Decree 72/2012/ND-CP, the requirements for the planning of common-used of technical infrastructure works are specified as follows:

(1) Urban planning must determine the common-used technical infrastructure works (direction, position and scale) in order to ensure uniformity, synchronism in management on investment and construction.

(2) The general urban planning must determine direction and scale of works of cable sewers, trenches and technical tunnels in urban main road.

(3) The divided-zone planning must determine direction and scale of common-used technical infrastructure works from the zone main road or more important and displayed on the typical cross-section.

(4) The detail planning must determine position, quantity and scale of common-used technical infrastructure works from the level of internal road or higher-level roads and displayed on the typical cross-section.

(5) For central-affiliated cities, the technical-infrastructure-specializing master plan must determine work items under fields joining in the common-used technical infrastructure works in order to ensure synchronism and serve as basic to make projects investing in works construction.

(6) In master plans specified in (2), (3), (4), they must determine quantity, type of lines, cables and pipelines joining in installment into the common-used technical infrastructure works.

(7) For urban areas have had approved urban master plans but without content specified in (2), (3), (4), (5), they must be supplemented right after adjusting master plan. If an infrastructure works used for public not scheduled in the urban planning, when investing in construction of such works, it must have an agreeing opinion of the state management agency of planning in locality.

(8) For existing urban areas, on the basis of surveying and assessment of the existing technical infrastructure works, to propose solutions for renewal, upgrading and new construction aiming to ensure inheritance and satisfy demand of common use on planned zones.

3. Principles in management and common-use of technical infrastructure works in Vietnam

The principles in management and common-use of technical infrastructure works in Vietnam include:

- The common-used technical infrastructure works shall be determined in planning; invested, constructed under planning in order to ensure synchronism aiming to raise effective use of land resource, save costs for investment and construction, assure landscape and environment.

- Organizations, individuals owning the common-used technical infrastructure works shall facilitate for organizations, individuals possessing lines, cables and pipelines arranged into the common-used technical infrastructure works which have been built as prescribed.

- Organizations, individuals possessing lines, cables and pipelines installed newly shall be responsible for arrange them into the common-used technical infrastructure works which have been built.

- Installment, arrangement of new lines, cables and pipelines into the common-used technical infrastructure works which have been built must have solutions to ensure the normal operation of the existing system.

- Types of lines, cables and pipelines arranged, installed into the common-used technical infrastructure works must have signs for identification as prescribed in Article 11 of Decree 72/2012/ND-CP.

- Management and operation of the common-used technical infrastructure works must comply with technical regulations and standards; technical provisions; assurance of safety and urban beauty, and be performed by contract specified in Article 16, Article 17 of Decree 72/2012/ND-CP.

(Article 3 of Decree 72/2012/ND-CP)

Thanh Rin

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