On March 18, 2022, the construction of the Langzhong-Yingshan Expressway in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province officially started. It is reported that this is the first expressway project newly started in Sichuan in 2022.

Langzhong to Yingshan Expressway

The Langying Expressway starts from the southwest of Langzhong City, Nanchong, and connects with the Nanchong to Guangyuan section of the Lanhai Expressway. It passes through Nanchong County, Yilong County, Peng'an County and Yingshan County, and then connects Yingda Expressway and Zhangnan Expressway via Dazhu. To Chongqing Liangping section. The total length of the line is 105 kilometers, the total investment is about 11.6 billion yuan, and the construction period is 3 years.

This expressway is an important part of the 13 vertical lines (Longnan via Qingchuan to Yuechi) and 13 horizontal lines (Wanzhou to Mianyang) in the "Sichuan Expressway Network Layout Plan (2022-2035)". It is jointly invested and constructed by Kunlun Investment Group, China Railway 19th Bureau Group and China Railway 24th Bureau Group. After the project is completed, the five counties (cities) of Langzhong, Nanfang, Yilong, Yingshan and Peng'an in Nanchong City will fully realize high-speed connectivity between counties and counties. At the same time, in the north, it goes directly to Longnan in Gansu and Hanzhong in Shaanxi via Guangyuan, in the east, it connects to Wanzhou and Liangping in Chongqing via Dazhou, and in the south, it goes directly to the main city of Chongqing via Guang’an, in order to accelerate the construction of the Northeast Sichuan Economic Zone into the regional economic center of the junction of Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi and Gansu. Provide assistance to the comprehensive transportation hub from east to north to Dechuan.

7 new expressways started

According to the Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation, during the year, Sichuan will start new projects such as Tongliang to Zizhong, Sichuan-Shaanxi to Wangping, Xichang to Shangri-La, Xichang to Ningnan, Huili to Luquan, and the west section of Dazhou Ring Expressway. , it is expected that seven new expressway projects will be started in 2022, with a mileage of over 600 kilometers and a total investment of over 130 billion yuan. At the same time, Sichuan will strive to complete the investment of 200 billion yuan in road and water transportation construction in 2022.

Except for some projects in plateau permafrost areas, Sichuan's transportation construction projects have reached 99% of their production capacity, and an investment of 40 billion yuan is expected to be completed in the first quarter. Among them, the Jiajinshan Tunnel has been successfully entered into the tunnel, and the Luzhou-Yongchuan Expressway, Deyang Zhongjiang-Suining Expressway, Guangyuan-Pingwu Expressway, Jiuzhi-Malkang Expressway, and Aba County to Sichuan-Qingjie are all sprinting. It will be completed and opened to traffic by the end of September.

In addition, Sichuan will also innovate and explore the bundled financing of "transportation + resources", "toll period + post-maintenance management period" such as expressway + photovoltaic and wind power integration, and strive to attract more expressways for 1,000 kilometers and more than 200 billion yuan, in order to give full play to the foundation. Facility construction promotes investment and stabilizes growth as the main force to accumulate more stamina. Editor/He Yuting