Amendments to regulations on adjustment to declaration of load, dimensional limits of roads, and technical conditions of level crossings in Vietnam

Amendments to regulations on adjustment to declaration of load, dimensional limits of roads, and technical conditions of level crossings in Vietnam

Regulations to adjustment to declaration of load, dimensional limits of roads, and technical conditions of level crossings as of February 1, 2024 as follows:

- Directorate for Road of Vietnam shall be responsible for updating load, dimensional limits of roads and technical conditions of level crossings on a nationwide scale on their websites on an annual basis (before March 20 of each year).

In case of irregular change to load and/or dimensional limits of roads, the Directorate for Road of Vietnam shall be responsible for updating information on their websites within 5 working days from the date on which they receive reports sent by Road Management Zone and agencies under Clause 2, Clause 3, Clause 4, and Clause 5 of this Article.

- Viet Nam Expressway Authority shall be responsible for updating load and dimensional limits of expressways under their management on their website and sending data to the Directorate for Road of Vietnam for update on websites of Directorate for Road of Vietnam on an annual basis (before March 15 of each year) and on an irregular basis within 5 working days from the date on which changes to load, dimensional limits of roads are made because: bridges, roads are damaged, degraded or repaired, renovated, upgraded, and commissioned for use.

- The Vietnam Railway Administration shall be responsible for updating technical conditions of level crossings of Vietnamese railway on their websites and sending data to Directorate for Road of Vietnam in order to update on websites of Directorate for Road of Vietnam on an annual basis (before March 15 of each year) and on an irregular basis within 5 working days from the date on which changes to technical conditions of railway are made because: level crossings are damaged, degraded or repaired, renovated, upgraded, and commissioned for use.

- When Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces declare load, dimensional limits of roads within their competence, Departments of Transport (affiliated with People’s Committees of provinces) shall be responsible for updating load, dimensional limits of roads under local government management (including road projects invested via public-private partnerships on national highways under management of People's Committees of provinces) on websites of Departments of Transport; sending data to Directorate for Road of Vietnam on an annual basis (before March 15 of each year) and on an irregular basis within 5 working days from the date on which changes to load, dimensional limits of roads are made because: level crossings are damaged, degraded or repaired, renovated, upgraded, and commissioned for use.

- Enterprises implementing construction investment and managing road structure operation shall be responsible for updating load, dimensional limits of roads under their management; sending data to Departments of Transport (for roads under local government management, including road projects invested via public-private partnerships on national highways under management of People’s Committees of provinces), Directorate for Road of Vietnam (for national highways), Viet Nam Expressway Authority (for expressways under their management) to declare (within their powers), update on websites of Departments of Transport, Directorate for Road of Vietnam, and Viet Nam Expressway Authority on an annual basis (before March 10 of each year) and on an irregular basis within 5 working days from the date on which changes to load, dimensional limits of roads are made because: bridges, roads are damaged, degraded, or repaired, renovated, and commissioned for use.

- Bridges on roads that have been published without having been renovated or upgraded in accordance with declared load, dimensional limits of roads, road authorities shall erect signs indicating actual load, dimensional limits of the bridges

Circular 35/2023/TT-BGTVT takes effect on February 1, 2024.

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