In the context of accelerating the goal of building a strong transportation country, transportation plans have been launched in various places in the beginning of the year. Recently, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation and the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the "Sichuan Expressway Network Layout Plan (2022-2035)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Planning"). The "Planning" proposes a highway network layout of 20 lines, 13 verticals, 13 horizontals, 4 rings and 44 links. The planned total scale is about 20,000 kilometers, an increase of 2,200 kilometers compared with the 2019 version of the plan, and a long-term outlook line of 1,700 kilometers. Among them, the planning of many expressways involving Luzhou has changed.

The new version of the "Planning" clearly states that by 2035, a provincial expressway network with complete functions, sufficient capabilities, balanced services, smooth connections, safety and reliability will be formed, and the "integrated integration of the Chengdu-Chongqing region, the provincial capital's pole core and multi-channel radiation, two wings and three belts" will be realized. Interconnection and comprehensive connectivity between prefectures, cities and counties.” The expressway efficiently connects the two central cities of Chengdu and Chongqing, and the adjacent provinces and autonomous regions are connected smoothly, directly connecting to the five major areas, interconnecting all prefecture-level administrative centers, and quickly serving all county-level nodes.

By 2050, a highway network with complete functions, sufficient capabilities, high-quality services, green intelligence, safety and reliability will be built in an all-round way, which will match the modern high-quality comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, and will strongly support the comprehensive construction of a modern economic system and a socialist modernized Sichuan.

The reporter found through combing that, compared with the 2019 version, in the newly issued Schedule 2 of the "Planning" - Sichuan Expressway Network Planning Route Plan (National Expressway and Provincial Expressway), Luzhou's expressway planning is relatively similar. increased from the original. Among the planned routes of national expressways in Sichuan, there are still 4 routes passing through Luzhou, namely G76 Xiamen-Chengdu Expressway, G93 Chengdu-Chongqing Area Ring Expressway, G8515 Guang'an-Luzhou Expressway and G4215 Chengdu-Zunyi Expressway.

In the planned route of provincial expressways, S4 will be adjusted from the original Chengdu-Yibin-Zhaotong expressway to Chengdu-Yibin-Guiyang expressway, which will pass through Xuyong County and Gulin County; S27 will be adjusted from the original Hejiang branch expressway It is Anyue-Rongchang-Hejiang Expressway, passing through Lu County and Hejiang County; S80 is adjusted from the original Gulin-Ebian Expressway to Gulin-Xishui Expressway, passing through Gulin County.

Unadjusted expressways include S84 Chongqing-Xuyong-Junlian Expressway, passing through Hejiang County and Xuyong County; S33 Luzhou-Yongchuan Expressway, passing through the main urban area of Luzhou City; S37 Xuyong-Weixin Expressway, passing through Xuyong County; S88 Gulin-Renhuai Expressway passes through Gulin County.

The new expressways entering the provincial expressway network include the S39 Luzhou-Gulin expressway, all of which are in Luzhou City; the S62 Yibin-Chongqing North Expressway, passing through the main urban area of Luzhou City and Luxian County. At the same time, the new edition of the "Planning" also plans to set up the Luzhou Ring Expressway. Editor / Xu Shengpeng