The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has just issued a document guiding the implementation of a number of regulations on the management and temporary use of a part of the roadway and sidewalk in the city. It is expected that the city will apply new regulations on the management of roadway and sidewalk from January 1, 2024.

According to the instructions of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, the roadway and sidewalks are only used for traffic purposes. In case of use other than this purpose, the Department of Transport, the People's Committee of the district, and Thu Duc City will consider and grant a temporary license to use part of the roadway and sidewalk, but must ensure the criteria and comply with Decision 32/2023 of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

Specifically, the temporary use of sidewalks for business services, buying and selling goods, the sidewalk must be at least 3m wide. When organizing this activity, the remaining sidewalk for pedestrians must be at least 1.5m wide (not including the scope of tree roots, green space and the area for arranging technical infrastructure on the occupied sidewalk), continuous and without obstacles.

In particular, this must be limited to a certain number of locations that affect the operations of agencies, offices, diplomatic headquarters, religious establishments, medical facilities, and schools.

Specifically, the City Department of Transport organizes the collection of fees for temporary use of roadways, including median strips and traffic islands on roads managed by the department. Local People's Committees organize the collection of fees for temporary use of roadways and sidewalks on roads managed by the locality.

The fee for parking is from 20,000 - 350,000 VND/m2/month; the fee for other activities is from 20,000 - 100,000 VND. The proposed fee depends on the average land price in 5 areas.

Specifically, area 1 includes: District 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, Phu Nhuan, Area A of the New Urban Area of ​​the South of the City, Thu Thiem New Urban Area with 207 routes.

Area 2 includes: District 2 - now part of Thu Duc city (except Thu Thiem New Urban Area), District 6, 7 (except Area A of the New Urban Area South of the City), District 11, Binh Thanh, Tan Binh, Binh Tan), with 277 routes.

Area 3 includes: District 8, old District 9, District 12, old Thu Duc District, Tan Phu District, Go Vap District with 248 routes.

Area 4 includes: Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon, Nha Be, Cu Chi districts with 125 routes.

Area 5 has 11 roads in Can Gio district.

In which, area 1 includes districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, Phu Nhuan, area A of the new urban area of ​​the South of the city, and Thu Thiem new urban area, will have the highest fee. On the contrary, area 5 is Can Gio district, will have the lowest fee.

Drawing lines on the sidewalks in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, preparing to collect usage fees . Ho Chi Minh City officially collects temporary usage fees for roads and sidewalks to restore order and urban beauty, and at the same time, have a source of revenue for infrastructure maintenance and repair... from January 1, 2024.