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THE
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
737/2001/QD-BGTVT
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Hanoi,
March 19, 2001
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DECISION
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON CROSSROADS
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 22/CP
of March 22, 1994 on the tasks, powers, State management responsibility and
organizational structure of the Ministry of Communications and Transport;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 39/CP of July 5, 1996 on ensuring the
railway traffic order and safety;
At the proposals of the director of the Legal-Transport Department of the
Ministry of Communications and Transport and the general director of Vietnam
Railway Union,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To
promulgate the Regulation on Crossroads together with this Decision.
Article 2.- This
Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing and replaces the Crossroads
Regulation promulgated together with Decision No. 575/QD of May 24, 1977 of the
Ministry of Communications and Transport.
Article 3.- The director
of the Office, the directors of Departments of the Ministry of Communications
and Transport, the general director of Vietnam Railway Union, the director of
Vietnam Road Administration, the director of the Department for Expertise and
Management of Quality of Communications and Transport works, the directors of
the provincial/municipal Services of Communications and Transport, Services of
Communications and Public Works and all organizations and individuals involved
in the management, construction, use and exploitation of crossroads shall have
to implement this Decision.
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FOR THE MINISTER OF
COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
VICE MINISTER
Pham Quang Tuyen
REGULATION
ON CROSSROADS
(Promulgated together with Decision No. 737/2001/QD-BGTVT of March 19, 2001
of the Ministry of Communications and Transport)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.-
1. Crossroads mentioned
in this Regulation are places where railways and roads intercross on the same
plane, which are built under decisions of the competent bodies to ensure
traffic safety.
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Article 2.- Crossroads
shall include:
1. Road section running across railways, which
lies between two barriers or two outmost main rails and two sides of the
railways 6 m from the outmost rail edge from the barrier on each side;
2. The railway section lying between two road
shoulders at the cross section.
Article 3.- Crossroads
shall be classified as follows:
1. According to their use duration:
a) Long-term use crossroads;
b) Definite-term use crossroads;
c) Constantly closed crossroads.
2. According to way of guard organization:
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b) Unguarded crossroads, including:
b.1. With automatic barriers, with road signal
lights, electric bells, without railway block signals;
b.2. Without barriers, with automatic warning
signals, with road signal lights, electric bells, without railway block
signals;
b.3. With signboards, with marker posts or
fences, with road painted lines;
3. According to management bodies:
a) The management bodies being Vietnam Railways:
Crossroads where roads crosscut the main railways or the special-use railways
of the railways transport service are called public crossroads and the
crossroads where the special-use roads crosscut the railways are called
internal crossroads.
b) The management bodies being the road
administration: Crossroads where roads are intercrossed with special-use
railways not managed by the railway service are called the special-use
crossroads.
Article 4.- Crossroads
are classified into the following specific grades:
1. Grade-I crossroads: The main railways are
intercrossed with roads of grade I, grade II or grade III;
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3. Grade-III crossroads: The remaining
crossroads other than those specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.
4. Intra-municipal, intra-town (cities,
provincial towns, district towns) crossroads shall be classified into
corresponding grades under decisions of the Minister of Communications and
Transport.
Article 5.- The
crossroad guard shall be stipulated as follows:
1. Grade-I and grade-II crossroads guard must be
organized according to the provisions at Point a or Point b.1, Point b2, Clause
2, Article 3 of this Regulation.
2. Based on the provisions at Point b.3, Clause
2, Article 3 of this Regulation, the head of Vietnam Railways shall decide the
organization of guard at Grade III crossroads managed by the railway service
and the internal crossroads. Units directly managing the internal crossroads
must strictly comply with the decisions of the head of Vietnam Railways on
guarding the crossroads; the director of the Vietnam Road Administration shall
decide on special-use crossroads.
Article 6.- The
crossroad signal systems are the State assets and facilities to ensure traffic
safety, prevent accidents, which, therefore, must be protected by all people;
it is forbidden to arbitrarily remove, appropriate, damage or reduce the effect
of signboards on roads.
Article 7.- Annually,
the railway management bodies and the road management bodies shall coordinate
in inspecting and drawing up plans for repair of crossroads.
Crossroads managed by Vietnam Railways shall be
inspected by the railway management bodies as the key player and the road
management bodies as the participants.
The special-use crossroads shall be inspected by
the road management bodies as the key player and the special-use railway
management bodies as the participants.
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Chapter II
VISIBILITY, POSITION,
CROSSCUT ANGLES
Article 9.- The minimum
visibility for car drivers and train drivers must be as follows:
1. The operators of land road communications
means may, under the normal weather conditions, when being from the crossroad
at a distance equal to the visibility range to stop vehicles for such road
grade, spot train convoys from a distance of at least 400 m away from the
crossroads;
2. The railways communications means operators
may, under normal weather conditions, spot the crossroads from a distance of
1,000m or more.
Article 10.- The
locations for constructing crossroads must satisfy the following conditions:
1. The crossroads must be placed at straight
railway sections. If they must be placed at curling railway sections, the
radius of the curling circle must be 300 m or more;
2. They must be placed at least 100 m from the
tunnel portals, railways bridge abutments;
3. They must be placed beyond the railway
station-entering signals; or at least 50m from the main switch of the station
and at least 12m from other switches (including switches on platform areas) for
difficult cases; or at least 25m from the main switch for junction stations in special
cases;
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Article 11.- The
cross-section angle between railways and roads is 900; in case of
difficult terrain, the cross-section angle must not be lower than 450.
Chapter III
CROSSROAD PROJECTS AND
ARCHITECTURE
Article 12.- The road
sections at crossroads, apart from having to meet the regulations on branch
standards TCVN 4054-98 on motor roads, shall also have to satisfy the following
specific requirements:
1. The land road section from the outmost rail
edge must be straight for a length equal to the visibility range prescribed in
Article 9 of this Regulation; in case of difficult terrain, it must not be
lower than 15m; on this straight road section, hogbacks shall be built so that
land road traffic means shall speed down and watch more carefully before
entering the crossroads;
2. The width of the motor roads at the
cross-sections on the same plane with the railways within 200m from the center
of the railways to both sides must not be lower than 6m.
On grade-I and grade-II crossroads and those
lying inside cities or towns, in populated areas, there must be sections for
pedestrians within the limits of such crossroads;
3. From the outmost rail outwards, the land
roads must be flat on a section of 10m, if they are earth-fill roads or 15m if
they are dug roads. That section must be followed by another section of at
least 20m long and the slanting degree of not more than 3%, or not more than 6%
for mountainous regions and difficult terrain;
4. In case of necessity to build culverts across
the road beds to drain water along both sides of the railways, the regulations
in the current road technical standards must be complied with and the
foundations of roads and railways must not be eroded.
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1. The paved surface of the roads lying between
two principal outmost rails or in section of at least 10m from each side of
outmost rail outwards shall be paved with asphalt concrete or macadam and
asphalt or with ferro-concrete slabs. When ferro-concrete slabs are used for
paving crossroads within the railway beds (in between two principal rails),
such slabs shall also be used to pave for at least 1m from the outmost rail
edge, then the roads shall be paved with asphalt concrete or macadam asphalt
for at least 10 m;
2. The height of the paved crossroad surface
within the railway beds is equal to the height of the principal rails and may
be higher than the running-rail top for not more than 10 mm;
3. The height of the paved crossroad surface
adjacent to the outside of the principal rail is equal to the height of the
running top of the principal rail and may be lower than the running top of the
principal rail for not more than 5 mm.
4. The paved crossroad surface must be stable.
The ferro-concrete slabs must be tightly linked together.
Article 14.- The
railway sections within the crossroad area must satisfy the following
requirements:
1. Technical requirements:
a) Along the inner edge of main rail on the
straight line or the curling line with radius of 500 m or more there must be a
rail slit of 50-80 mm wide while on the curling line with radius of under 500
mm there must be a rail slit of 90 mm wide;
b) The depth of the rail slit must be at least
45 mm;
c) The length of the section with rail slit must
be equal to the width between two road shoulders.
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Two ends of the rail slit must be expanded inward
the railways so that the end of the rail slit shall be 250 mm wide, the
starting point of the expansion shall be 500 mm from the rail slit end.
e) The rail ends must not be placed within the
scope of the crossroads. If the crossroads are long, rails must be welded
together; when not yet welded, rails shall be pressed together to burn the
joints.
f) Components for connecting and holding rails
within the crossroad area must be adequate and closely inter-connected.
2. Requirements on materials:
a) Sleepers placed within the crossroads must be
made of concrete or iron; the use of wood sleepers must be limited. If wood
sleepers are used, high-quality timber must be selected and dipped with
anti-decay oil;
b) The surface at the crossroads must be paved
with clean macadam with the thickness being up to the prescribed standards.
Article 15.- The
crossroad watch houses shall be built only after the head of Vietnam Railways
issues the decisions thereon and they must satisfy the following conditions:
1. They are built at guarded crossroads;
2. They are placed at positions where they can
be spotted from both sides of the road and the railway, convenient for the
crossroad guards� jobs;
they must not obstruct the visibility of commuters on railways and roads;
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Chapter IV
CROSSROAD SIGNALS
Section I. CROSSROADS MEETING
VISIBILITY STANDARDS
Article 16.- Along both
sides of the roads leading to the crossroads, marker posts must be planted
according to the current Road Signs Regulation.
The marker posts closest to the railway must be
away from the outmost rail edge for 2.5 m; the length of each marker post line
from the outmost rail outward must be at least 20 m.
Guarding must be organized on crossroads, the
marker posts from the road barrier to the railway must be replaced by a fixed
fence on top of which a horizontal bar must be placed.
Article 17.- The
surfaces of the roads leading to grade I or grade II crossroads, if paved with
asphalt concrete or ferro-concrete slabs, must be painted or paved with a white
line cutting across the road surface for 3m from the road barrier outward, for
places with barriers or 5 m from the outmost rail edge, for places without
barriers.
The specifications of these paint lines must
comply with the current Road Signs Regulation.
Article 18.- On both
sides of the roads leading to the crossroads, signboards must be placed
according to the current Road Signs Regulation:
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2. In front of the unguarded crossroads: The
signboard "crosscut with non-barrier railway".
3. Auxiliary signboard "railway
crosscutting road" shall be placed on the road at a place 10 m from the
outmost rail edge to supplement signboard 211 stated in Clause 2 of this
Article.
Article 19.- The
guarded crossroads must be placed with signal lights and electric bells on land
roads
The signal lights and electric bells on land
roads (except land roads crosscutting land roads which run in parallel with
railways) must be placed in front of the road barriers (or on the road barrier
posts) or placed at position at least 6m from the outmost rail.
Article 20.- The road
signal lights and electric bells prescribed in Article 19 of this Regulation must
satisfy the following requirements:
1. The signal light must be structured with two
red lights, which alternately blink when they are switched on. When trains
approach the crossroads, the signal lights flash: banning all movements across
the crossroads. When trains move out of the crossroads, the barriers are fully
opened and the signal lights are off, the movement on land roads return to
normal;
The time for signal lights to flash before
trains reach the crossroads must be at least:
a) 50 seconds when automatic signal lights and
automatic road barriers are used;
b) 90 seconds when automatic signal lights and
non-automatic road barriers are used;
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At crossroads of grade I and grade II, electric
signal lights must be used.
2. The electric bells must be installed on the
same signal light posts, when bells ring, their ringing must be loud enough for
pedestrians to hear it from a distance of 15m. The bells ring when train reach
near the crossroads. The bells stop when the barriers are completely closed.
Article 21.-
1. The light and
illuminating angles of signal lights must ensure that the road vehicle
operators may see the signals from a distance of 100 m or more.
2. The red light of the signal lights must not
turn towards the railways.
Article 22.- On both
sides of the railways leading to crossroads, the signboard "Blowing
horn" must be placed. The position and specification of the signboard are
prescribed in the Procedures of Signals of Vietnam Railways.
Article 23.- On both
sides of railways leading to guarded crossroads, when it is necessary to place
the road block signals, the head of Vietnam Railways shall decide, except the
following crossroads:
1. Crossroads with permanently closed road
barriers or automatic barriers or automatic warning signals;
2. Crossroads lying within the guarded areas of
the signals for railway station entry, exit, or classification yard signal,
thru-signal on the railway with automatic road close equipment or other
guarding warning signals, when the above signals are under 800m away from the
crossroads.
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1. Road block signals on
railways are placed at positions of from 100m to 500m away from the crossroads
(calculated from the road shoulder on the same side).
At places where guarded crossroads are situated
close to each other and the distance between two crossroads is below 500 m and
not yet improved according to the provisions of Article 49 of this Regulation,
the road block signals on railways shall be arranged at both ends of the common
area for such crossroads.
2. The road block signals must be placed on the
left side along the direction of train running into the crossroads. In case of
special difficulty, it may be placed on the right side along the direction of
train running into the crossroads, if so permitted by the head of Vietnam
Railways.
3. The visibility of road block signals on
railways must be at least 800m. In case of difficult terrain, it must not be
lower than 400m.
Article 25.-
1. The road block signals
on railways are red signals, which shall flash, signaling the stop to trains.
2. When the road block signals are off, trains
operate normally. Only when there appear obstacles on crossroads, affecting the
safety of running trains, can the barrier men switch on these signals.
3. Guarded crossroads lying in sections with
automatic road block equipment, regardless of whether there are road block
signals on railways or not, must all be installed with road block signals at
places nearest the crossroads in "close" position so that the barrier
men can promptly operate them when there appear obstacles to train operation.
Article 26.- In the
crossroad watch houses there must be signal communication equipment such as
telephones or telephone and automatic devices notifying the barrier men of the
trains approaching crossroads.
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Article 28.-
Power-operated signal equipment and guard equipment at guarded crossroads must
be controlled concentratedly at the crossroad watch houses. These equipment
must be always in good order, useable and manually operated if the automatic
equipment are out of order unexpectedly.
Where the concentrated control cannot be
effected, such must be permitted by the head of Vietnam Railways.
Article 29.- The
guarded crossroads must be placed with barriers at both ends of the roads
leading into the crossroads. The barriers are placed 6m away from the outmost
rail edge. Where terrain is limited, the barriers must not encroach upon the
restricted range adjacent to the railway structure.
The barriers may be made singly or hung with
metal sheets or netting.
Barriers (excluding automatic barriers) must be
made with check bolt to check their free movement.
Article 30.- At the
guarded crossroads, when the barriers are closed, the barriers must fully
stretch across the roads, close to the fixed fences and must be from 1 to 1.2m
higher than the road surface.
The barriers must be closed from the right of
the roads (along the direction into the crossroads) to the left. Where a
crossroad has many barriers, the barriers on the right must be closed first,
then the barriers on the left till the last one.
When the barriers are opened, not any part of
the barriers shall obstruct the clearance space of the road surface.
It is forbidden to place barricades, barriers in
half-way position.
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Article 32.- Guarded
crossroads of grade I and grade II must be equipped with automatic bar barriers
or automatic warning signals. When automatic bar barriers or automatic warning
signals are not yet available, there must be guards.
Article 33.-
1. Both sides of the
roads leading into crossroads must be fully barred before trains reach the
crossroads at least:
a) 40 seconds for automatic barriers;
b) 60 seconds for electric or capstan barriers;
c) 90 seconds for manual barriers.
2. Barriers are not closed more than 3 minutes,
for grade I and grade II crossroads, and more than 5 minutes, for grade III
crossroads, before trains reach the crossroads (except crossroads separately
prescribed by the Ministry of Communications and Transport).
Article 34.- Automatic
barrier structures and equipment must ensure operation in the following order:
1. When trains approach crossroads, the red
signal lights on roads and the red lights on automatic barrier bars switch on,
the automatic signaling bells ring. After 7-8 seconds, the bar barriers start
closing. When the bar barriers fully close, the automatic signaling bells stop;
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For crossroads installed with automatic barriers
and without guards, only bar barriers of 1/2 or 2/3 of road surface are used.
The remaining sections of roads without barriers must be at least 3m wide and
on the left side of the vehicles running into the crossroads.
Section II. CROSSROADS WITH
SUBSTANDARD VISIBILITY
Article 35.-
1. At places where roads
run in parallel with railways and have exits into railways and the road section
from the turn to the outmost rail edge is smaller than 10m, the solid
roundabouts or winding roads must be arranged so as to make the exit section
long enough for installation of signboards, marker posts, road painted lines.
2. The installation of signboards in the road
sections mentioned in this Article is prescribed as follows:
a) The length of the road section is smaller
than 10m, no danger signboard is placed;
b) The length of the road section is between 10m
to 50m, only an auxiliary signboard "railway-road crosscut"
(Signboard 508a or 508b);
c) The length of the road section is over 50m,
signboards are placed according to the provisions of Article 18 of this
Regulation.
3. The road signboard surfaces are placed in
quadrature with the direction the vehicles run into the crossroads and within
the road section leading into the railways.
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1. Place the road signal lights at T-junctions
and crosscuts, if there are no traffic lights at such T- junctions and
crosscuts in order to notify the commuters being people and means that are to
enter the crossroads to stop in front of the T-junctions or crosscuts when the
road barriers at the crossroads are being closed;
If there exist at T-junctions and crosscuts land
traffic lights, such lights must indicate the same as the road signal lights
placed on the road sections leading into the crossroads.
2. The signal lights on roads which run in
parallel with railways must give out indications compatible with indications of
railway signals (when the roads leading into the crossroads are closed for
trains to run; the roads running in parallel with railways must be clear and
easy).
Article 37.- For roads
simultaneously cutting railways and roads which run in parallel with railways,
the placement of signboards on roads leading into the crossroads is prescribed
as follows:
1. For the road side running into crossroad,
which crosscuts road then the railway, the provisions of Article 35 of this
Regulation shall be complied with.
2. For the road side running into crossroad,
which does not crosscut the road, the provisions of Article 18 of this
Regulation shall be complied with.
Chapter V
STIPULATIONS ON
CROSSROAD TRAFFIC
Article 38.- People and
means participating in road traffic, when crossing the crossroads, shall have
to comply with the following stipulations:
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2. To follow the instructions of crossroad
guards or crossroad guard signals:
a) Order of the barrier men, red banner, red
signboard, red lamp;
b) Road barriers;
c) Light signals, bell signals;
3. When the stop signals (orders of the barrier
men, red banner, red signboard, red lamp, ringing bell, closed barrier) are
given, all people and means participating in communications on roads (including
priority vehicles) must stop on the right of their ways and at least 3m from
the stop signals (in front of the stop paint line mentioned in Article 17 of
this Regulation);
4. People without duty are strictly forbidden to
arbitrarily open the crossroad barriers when they are already closed.
5. For crossroads mentioned at Point b.3, Clause
2, Article 3 of this Regulation (only with signboards, marker posts or fences,
road paint lines), people and means participating in communications on roads,
when prepared to enter the crossroads, must watch the signboards, listen to
train horns, observe the trains from afar on both sides of the crossroads, if
realizing that trains or railways communications means are approaching the
crossroads, they must stop in front of the crossroads at least 5m from the
outmost rail edge and take self-responsibility for accidents they cause.
Article 39.- Within the
crossroad areas, vehicles are forbidden to make U-turn and stop.
In case of need to stop near the crossroads, the
road traffic means operators shall have to abide by the road traffic
signboards; in places where the signboards are not available, they must stop at
least 10m from the barriers, for places with barriers, or at least 20m from the
outmost rail edge, for places without barriers.
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Article 41.- When road
communications means break down, get accidents or have cargoes fallen down on
unguarded crossroads and the nearest point of the vehicles or the cargoes to
the outmost rail is under 1.7m, the operators of such communications means
shall have to find ways to notify trains to stop before the obstacles.
Article 42.-
Rudimentary vehicle convoys, cattle herds, when crossing the crossroads, must
be split up into small groups as provided for by the current road traffic
legislation. Animals crossing the crossroads must be led by their tenders.
Article 43.- People
without responsibility are strictly forbidden to climb on, remove, touch the
crossroad signals and equipment, to enter the crossroad watch houses.
Article 44.- When
approaching the crossroads, the railway communication means operators shall
have to blow horn, watch the crossroad signals, crossroad warning signals (if
any), watch the crossroads so as to be able to halt the trains when seeing the
train stop signals or obstacles on the crossroads.
Article 45.-
1. In case of need to
stop trains on crossroads for railways maintenance and repair, which affect the
road traffic, the permission of the head of Vietnam Railways and the written
consent (when necessary) of the head of Vietnam Road Administration are
required.
2. Where trains must stop or halt on crossroads,
trains are connected, disconnected, the persons in charge must seek ways and
means to quickly liberate roads for traffic.
3. When trains stop on the crossroads, the stop
duration must not exceed 3 minutes, on crossroads of grade I and grade II, and
must not exceed 5 minutes, on crossroads of grade III (except crossroads
separately prescribed by the Ministry of Communications and Transport).
Chapter VI
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Article 46.- For
guarded crossroads:
1. They must be adequately equipped with
according to regulations;
2. The guards must be on duty around the clock
according to the working shift regime.
Article 47.-
1. The head of Vietnam
Railways shall have to organize the management and the guarding of crossroads
under the management by Vietnam Railways.
2. The head of Vietnam Road Administration shall
have to organize the management and guarding of special-use crossroads under
the management by Vietnam Road Administration.
3. The Minister of Communications and Transport
shall authorize the head of Vietnam Railways to provide detailed guidance on
organization of the crossroad guarding.
Chapter VII
CROSSROAD MANAGEMENT AND
CONSTRUCTION
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1. The construction of
new population quarters, industrial parks, entertainment and recreation
centers, schools, trade establishments, hospitals and other works must strictly
comply with the provisions in Article 28 and Article 29 of the Governments
Decree No. 39/CP of July 5, 1996 on ensuring railway traffic order and safety.
2. If the construction of the works mentioned in
Clause 1 of this Article requires the building of crossroads cutting railways,
the distance from the nearest point of such a work to the heart of the railway
must be at least 25m and there must be written agreement of the body performing
the State management over railways.
Article 49.-
1. If main railways
crosscut newly built or upgraded roads of grade I, grade II or grade III and
vice versa, flyovers or tunnels must be built. The existing crossroads shall be
step by step replaced with flyovers or tunnels;
2. If the distance between two crossroads is
under 500m in populous cities, provincial capitals and district capitals, or
under 1,000 m in other areas, flyovers or tunnels must be built;
3. Organizations wishing to open new crossroads,
build flyovers or tunnels across railways must obtain permission from the
Ministry of Communications and Transport.
Article 50.- Competence
to decide on the establishment, cancellation or re-grading of crossroads is
prescribed as follows:
1. For crossroads of grade I and grade II, it
shall be decided by the Minister of Communications and Transport;
2. For crossroads inside cities, towns, it shall
be decided by the Minister of Communications and Transport at the proposals of
the Ministry of Construction and the People�s
Committees of the cities or towns.
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4. For crossroads cutting exclusive railways
(not managed by the railway service), it shall be decided by the director of
Vietnam Road Administration;
5. The construction of crossroads shall commence
only after the decisions thereon are issued and the design dossiers have
already been approved by competent bodies;
6. The construction of new crossroads with
particulars must be permitted by the Minister of Communications and Transport.
Article 51.-
1. The administrations of
the localities where railways run through shall have to organize the removal of
crossroads which have been opened without decisions of the competent
authorities defined in Article 50 of this Regulation.
For roads under the provincial, district or
commune management, if the opening of crossroads is needed, the Peoples
Committees assigned to manage them shall carry out the procedures applying for
the opening of crossroads. When they obtain the approval from the competent
bodies, they shall have to comply with the regulations.
2. Units managing railways shall have to take
initiative in coordinating with the local administrations in removing illegal
crossroads.
Article 52.-
1. The application for
establishment, cancellation or re-grading of crossroads must be made according
to set form and sent to competent people as provided for in Article 50 of this
Regulation.
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3. The railway management units and road
management units shall have to monitor the use of crossroads for a given period
of time and request the units using them to remove them upon the expiry of time
limit.
Article 53.-
Organizations applying for the opening, upgrading of crossroads, the
construction of tunnels and/or flyovers across railways must comply with the
regulations on construction investment capital; concretely as follows:
1. New railways crosscutting roads shall be
undertaken by railway investors;
2. New national highways cutting across railways
shall be undertaken by national highway investors;
3. New provincial, district, inter-commune roads
crosscutting railways shall be financed with the local budget, other capital
sources and peoples contributions;
4. Agencies, enterprises, companies, which build
new crossroads shall have to find the funding by themselves.
Article 54.- The
capital for management and repair of crossroads managed by the railway service
and the road service shall be allocated from the budget capital source. The
capital for management and repair of other special-use crossroads shall be
supplied by agencies which manage and use such crossroads.
The bodies competent to decide on the
establishment of crossroads must clearly designate the capital sources for
management and repair of such crossroads.
Article 55.- The scope
of crossroad management is prescribed as follows:
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a) Signboards, signals, information, lighting on
railways and roads within the crossroad areas;
b) Barrier houses; road foundations and surface,
fixed fences within the crossroad areas.
2. The road service shall manage: road
foundations and surfaces, marker posts, signboards, road paint lines on section
leading to the crossroad areas.
3. The managing units must ensure that works,
equipment, signals are always in the state of normal operation on crossroads.
Article 56.- When the
crossroad repair affects road traffic, the railway construction units shall
have to consult with the road managing agencies, without causing traffic jam on
roads as well as railways during the repair. While repairing, traffic safety
must be ensured; when necessary, they must appoint personnel to guide people
and means participating in road communications in crossing the crossroads;
place signboards, light up red lamps at night; during the intervals of two
repair sessions, personnel must be arranged to guide means participating in
road traffic in crossing the crossroads safely.
In special case of road blockage, such must be
agreed upon by the competent road management body.
Crossroads, after being repaired, must be tested
before acceptance and handed over according to regulations.
Chapter VIII
FINAL PROVISION
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The existing crossroads which are not compatible
with the provisions of this Regulation must step by step be improved and
repaired, depending on the supplied capital sources.
Pending the improvement and repair of crossroads
as prescribed by this Regulation, the crossroad management units shall have to
take necessary measures to ensure traffic safety.
FOR THE MINISTER OF
COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
VICE MINISTER
Pham Quang Tuyen