Morning 14-10, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation held a press conference on the Thu Thiem tunnel traffic (Q.1 - Q.2) on 20-11. Mr. Tran Quang Lam - Director of Management Center Thu Thiem tunnel crossing Saigon - said the organization plans to car traffic through the tunnel as follows: cars and automotive customers are running 24/24 now.
For motorcycles and motorcycle run from 6pm-21g, out now on should be kept. Truck load or less than 2.5 tonnes or less gross weight 5 tons or less are run from 8g-20g-16g and from 6pm the next day, after hours in the air is circulated. Truck load of 2.5 tonnes or over five tons gross weight is only 21g-6g flow from next day, after hours in the air is circulated.
The objects are not allowed to flow through Thu Thiem tunnel including pedestrians, vehicles rudimentary road, three or four wheeled vehicle restraint, caterpillars, vehicles transporting live animals is not guaranteed environmental safety and other vehicles transporting hazardous or flammable substances, explosives, dangerous goods. Private vehicles with total load of 30 tons and vehicles pulling trailers or trailers or cars xomi height greater than 4.2 m or greater than 2.5 m width is only allowed through the tunnel when the agency competent authorities.
Traffic circulation in the Thu Thiem Tunnel will not press the horn, not light priority (except for priority vehicles prescribed), no light irradiation mode and the lamps light up the other and not stop or park in the basement.
At this meeting, Le Toan - Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation - said on the intersection in Thu Thiem tunnel have put this warning motorists not to be run under the minimum speed or the maximum speed. When traffic in the tunnel of the car to open the radio waves in the frequency AM 655 KHz, 610 KHz or 588 KHz to management units with camera tracking using radio waves on prompt. If the driver willfully violated, when the hatch to be sanctioned.
Mr. Toan said the charges scheduled traffic Thiem tunnel was made after the New Year 2012. Because the route charges on City Council is still waiting for a decision.
