On May 26, 2021, according to the Leshan City Transportation Bureau, Leshan City, together with Meishan City, Neijiang City and Sichuan Railway Industry Investment Group Co., Ltd. signed an investment agreement for the Zizhong-Leshan Expressway Project, which indicates that the project is about to enter Substantive implementation stage.

Lezi Expressway

It is understood that the Zizhong-Leshan Expressway starts at Zizhong County, Neijiang City, connects Zizhong to Chongqing Tongliang Expressway, passes through Weiyuan County, Neijiang City, Renshou County, Meishan City, Jingyan County, Leshan City, and ends at Shizhong District, Leshan City. Tianmeile Expressway. The total length of the line is about 95 kilometers, the total investment is about 19 billion yuan, and the two-way six-lane construction standard, of which the length of Leshan is about 38 kilometers, and the investment is about 7.5 billion yuan. The Lezi Expressway project strives to start construction in 2021 and is expected to be completed and opened to traffic in 2025.

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According to the plan, the Zizhong-Leshan Expressway is one of the nine east-west horizontal lines in the "Sichuan Expressway Network Planning (2019-2035)". It is a large channel for Chongqing and other eastern regions to enter Sichuan and Tibet, and it is also the first ring of Leshan. An important part of the high-speed skeleton network with nine shots, two verticals and two horizontals. In the future, the implementation of the Zizhong-Leshan Expressway Project will accelerate the integration of Leshan City into the Chengdu-Chongqing Double City Economic Circle, build a regional comprehensive transportation hub, and help build the Bashu Cultural Tourism Corridor as an important tourist destination in the world. Editor/He Yuting