| THE GOVERNMENT No. 32/2014/ND-CP | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness Hanoi, April 22, 2014 |
DECREE
On the management, operation and maintenance of
expressway facilities [1]
expressway facilities [1]
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 13, 2008 Law on Road Traffic;
At the proposal of the Minister of Transport,
The Government promulgates the Decree on management, operation and maintenance of expressway facilities.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Decree provides the management, operation and maintenance of expressway facilities, including organization of traffic on expressways, traffic operation, assurance of traffic safety, maintenance of expressway facilities, handling of incidents and accidents occurring on expressways, salvage and rescue, and responsibilities to manage and protect expressway facilities.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Decree applies to agencies, organizations and individuals involved in the management, operation and maintenance of expressway facilities.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms and phrases below are construed as follows:
1. Expresswaymean a road reserved exclusively for motor vehicles, with median strips separating carriageways for the two opposite directions of traffic, without at-grade intersection with any road, furnished with adequate support equipment and devices to ensure uninterrupted and safe traffic and shorten travel time, and with certain points for vehicle exits and entries.
2. Expressway facilities include expressways, offices of regional traffic management and operation centers, offices of route traffic management and operation centers, rest and service stations, toll booths, vehicle weighing stations, sign systems, traffic safety systems, water drainage systems, electric systems, traffic management and surveillance systems, information and communication systems, lighting systems, trees and other support facilities and equipment,
3. Expressway infrastructure includes expressways and their safety corridors.
4. Traffic management and surveillance system means a system of advanced equipment and science and technology applications to manage and supervise traffic on expressways which are installed in the course of construction or operation.
5. Organization of expressway traffic means measures and acts to guide and order vehicles joining traffic to comply with traffic rules set out in the Law on Road Traffic.
6. Expressway administration agency means the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, the Ministry of Transport; specialized agencies of People’s Committees of provinces and centrally run cities.
7. Unit assigned to organize operation and maintenance of expressway facilities (below referred to as operation and maintenance unit) means the entity that directly operates and maintains expressway facilities and has its responsibilities, obligations and benefits defined in a contract with the expressway administration agency or with an investor, for projects implemented in the form of public-private partnership.
8. Regional traffic management and operation center means the agency that manages and operates traffic on expressways and roads in a given region, which is attached to the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam.
9. Route traffic management and operation center means the agency that manages and operates traffic on an expressway route or section; is attached to a unit assigned to organize operation and maintenance of expressway facilities.
10. Salvage means assisting vehicles and goods involved in accidents or incidents when joining traffic on expressways.
