Preface
Is the private bridge repair toll a benefit or a lack of morality? Toll licensing is equal to franchising, should it be? Will it be another "pontoon bridge case"?
The event passed
On April 23, a netizen posted a video saying that he was blocked and charged when he drove across a pontoon bridge at a ferry port in Liaoning, and he would not be allowed to cross without giving money. In the video, the woman who collected the toll said that "I built the bridge, and you can take a detour without paying." The incident sparked heated discussions on the Internet.
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The ferry manager said that his family built a pontoon bridge at their own expense to facilitate the movement of villagers on both sides of the river, and that villagers who often cross the river in the vicinity usually send some agricultural products as "tolls", and other people who are beyond the scope of villagers on both sides of the river need to pay "bridge tolls" as road maintenance costs.
The pontoon bridge is located in Dasijiazi Town, Changtu County, Tieling City, Liaoning Province, and the ferry manager said that millions of yuan were spent to build the pontoon bridge. Nearby villagers said that the cart charges 30 yuan or 50 yuan, and the heavier the car, the more money they want. Instead of taking the pontoon bridge, you have to make a 60-kilometer detour. The director of the river institute said that there are formal procedures for individuals to repair bridges for the benefit of the people.
The staff of the Changtu County Water Conservancy Bureau responded that the pontoon bridge was not built by the state, and the leaders had gone to investigate the corresponding problems.
Netizen comments
Some netizens think: "People have procedures, as long as the fee is reasonable, it is right", "The question is who decides that the fee is reasonable", "Private bridge construction, can private individuals bear the risk? Do you pay taxes?" "Although it is a personal bridge repair, there are formal procedures, and the fee is reasonable as long as it does not exceed the standard, and if you are not willing to pay the money, you can go around without anyone forcing it, and whoever sends the video is reasonable."
Some netizens said: "If you don't want to pay this money, you can go around, there is nothing wrong" "The pontoon bridge built by individuals has to recover the cost, this is normal, I hope there is no moral kidnapping" "Since it is for the benefit of the people, why do you need to charge? Can the fee be regarded as a benefit?" "Just imagine that you can repair it, I will repair it, and he will repair it, what is the situation when they all have to repair it?" "Private bridges can be built, but they cannot be charged, forming this unhealthy wind, which must be stopped, otherwise, the consequences will be endless."
Judging from the reactions of netizens, there are several meanings expressed: First, some people think that there are formal procedures, and it is convenient for villagers to travel, as long as the fee is reasonable, it is nothing. Second, they believe that such an opening cannot be opened, and the occupation of public resources will be turned into private property fees, and there will be endless troubles in the future.
Personal opinion
Personally, I believe that the infrastructure, especially the construction of roads and bridges, is the responsibility of the local government, the local government or the original financial difficulties, there are private people willing to pay for the construction of pontoon bridges, convenient for the villagers to travel, to solve a major local thorny problem, at the time may seem to be a win-win situation, but there are many hidden problems.
First, the government is absent from performing its duties. Is there a question of occupying public resources by acquiescing to private construction what should have been done by the government? Is it true that the government does not have the money to build infrastructure that is convenient for the villagers to travel, or is it true that the money spent elsewhere is more urgent and necessary than the construction of bridges? I don't think so, I am afraid that it costs a lot of taxpayers' money in places that are not so necessary and anxious.
Personally, I believe that such an opening cannot be opened, and the bridge and road infrastructure is related to the people's livelihood and has a great impact on the production and life of the masses, and it should have been a situation where the government built the villagers to pass for free, but now it has become a private construction fee, and to a certain extent, it has infringed on the interests of the masses. If this opening is not blocked, the government's malfeasance will be covered up, and the situation of private occupation of public resources will still occur.
Third, who is responsible for the safety issue? Even if it is an annual security check, the service life is bound to be limited, and when it becomes a dangerous bridge, how can the villagers be guaranteed to travel? Who will bear the losses of self-funded construction? Will it become a difficult household to be demolished? If a safety accident occurs due to the danger of the bridge, will the private individuals be able to bear it? How to define the responsibility of the local government?
Write at the end
There are actually many irrationalities behind the seemingly reasonable incident, and the core lies in the inaction of the local government and the transfer of responsibility. As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and if you can't solve the problem of basic mass travel, how can you develop a place well? How can you say that you can serve the people?
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