On September 15, 2022, the State Railway Group and the governments of Tianjin Municipality, Hebei Province and Shandong Province jointly issued the "Approval for the Preliminary Design of the New Tianjin-Weifang High-speed Railway (excluding this line-Jinan connecting line project)", which marked the The Tianjin-Weihai high-speed railway project has officially entered the stage of land formation, taking a key step towards the start of construction of the entire line, and has also created conditions for the construction of the Dongying Yellow River Highway-Railway Bridge as early as possible within the year.

According to the relevant responsible comrades of the Municipal Transportation Bureau, the preliminary design is a very important link in the construction preparation stage of the railway project. After completion and approval, the construction drawing design can be carried out. However, in actual work, the preliminary project design and construction drawing design are often promoted simultaneously. Therefore, after the preliminary design of many railways is approved, the project construction bidding is not far away. Therefore, the approval of the preliminary design is an important sign that the project is about to enter the construction stage from the construction preparation stage.

Tianjin-Weihai high-speed railway project

Jinwei high-speed railway is an important vertical of China's eight vertical and eight horizontal railway network, and an important section of China's coastal high-speed railway and Bohai Rim high-speed railway. It is understood that the Tianjin-Weihai high-speed railway line starts from Tianjin Binhai Station in the north and ends at Weifang North Station of the Jiqing High-speed Railway in the south, with a total length of 348.9 kilometers and a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, with an estimated investment of 77.1 billion yuan. Among them, Dongying is 69 kilometers away, passing through Lijin County, Dongying District, Dongying Economic and Technological Development Zone, the Provincial Yellow Triangle Agricultural High Zone, and Guangrao County in turn, with an estimated investment of 17.08 billion yuan.

In order to speed up the progress of the Tianjin-Weihai high-speed railway project, Dongying City adheres to high-level promotion and special research, actively makes good use of the national, provincial and municipal three-level high-standard linkage promotion working mechanism, and strives for the support of national and provincial departments.

Since 2022, he has gone to the national and provincial departments to report and strive for many times, which has effectively promoted the speeding up of procedures such as flood assessment, environmental assessment, soil and water conservation, and navigation demonstration. On January 10, 2022, the project approval was obtained from the National Development and Reform Commission; on March 7, the approval for flood assessment and hydrological permit was obtained from the Yellow River Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources; on July 20, the approval for water conservation was obtained from the Ministry of Water Resources; on July 27, the ecological EIA approved by the Ministry of Environment.

In the next step, Dongying City will closely focus on the time node determined by the National Railway Group and the Shandong Provincial Government, and make every effort to coordinate, cooperate and serve with the National Railway Group, relevant state ministries and commissions, relevant provincial departments and design units. Clear timetable and route map for land use procedures, construction drawing design approval, bidding and other related work, reverse the construction period, compact responsibilities, and strive to start the construction of the Dongying Yellow River Highway-Railway Bridge as early as possible within this year. Editor/He Yuting