On August 16, 2020, the Lanzhou Municipal Transportation Commission issued an announcement that the G30 Lianhuo Expressway Qingshuiyi-Zhonghe Section Expansion and Reconstruction and Supporting Project PPP project started bidding, including 4 sub-projects, with an estimated total investment of 24 billion yuan.

The G30 Lianhuo Expressway Qingshuiyi-Zhonghe Section Expansion and Reconstruction and Supporting Project PPP project includes four sub-projects, namely the G30 Lianhuo Expressway Qingshuiyi-Zhonghe Section Expansion and Reconstruction Project, the Central Passage South Extension Highway Project, and the G30 Lianhuo Expressway Highway Lanzhou East (Dingyuan Ramp) toll station and Lanzhou North (Zhonghe Ramp) toll station project, Lanzhou North Ring Road East Section Expressway Yanchangbao to Shichuan connection project.

G30 Lianhuo Expressway Qingshuiyi to Zhonghe Section Expansion and Reconstruction Project

This sub-project includes the main line and Shichuan interconnection line. The main line starts from Dujiazui Village, Qingshuiyi Township, Yuzhong County, and ends at Pingxian Village, Zhonghe Town, Gaolan County. It has a total length of 66.812km and is divided into two sections. The section from Qingshuiyi to Zhonghe Town Shangchuan is a two-way six-lane road with a length of 63.934. km; The section from Shangchuan to Pingxian in Zhonghe Town is a two-way eight-lane road with a length of 2.878km. The starting point of the Shichuan Interchange Line is at Sancha Road, Shichuan Township, Gaolan County, and the end point is Binhe West Road, Shuichuan Town, Baiyin District. The route is 57.13km long (including the newly-built Lanzhou section 30.018km, the newly-built Baiyin section 6.602km, which fully utilizes the 20.51km of the Baiyin-Shuichuan tourist road under construction. The newly-built Lanzhou section 30.018km and the newly-built Baiyin section 6.602km are invested in this PPP project , Within the scope of construction and operation, the fully utilized Baiyin-Shuichuan tourist road is not within the scope of construction and operation of this PPP project).

Central Channel South Extension Highway Project

The route starts at Zhongpuzi, Zhonghe Town, Gaolan County, and crosses Nanbinhe Road, B614 Road, and Tianshui North Road on the southwest side of Longwang Temple, and then connects to planned road T603#. The total length of the route is 11.1km, among which Zhongpuzi-Yanchangbao, Zhonghe Town, Gaolan County, is an expressway with a length of 8.5km; Yanchangbao-Tianshui Road is a first-class highway with a length of 2.6km.

G30 Lianhuo Expressway Lanzhou East (Dingyuan Ramp) Toll Station and Lanzhou North (Zhonghe Ramp) Toll Station Project

Lanzhou East Toll Station

A total of 28 toll lanes with 10 entrances and 18 exits will be built at K1853+580 of G30 Lianhuo Expressway, including 6 ETC lanes and 22 MTC lanes. The straight section of the toll plaza is 200m long and 160.1m wide. 1 pre-assembled pre-stressed concrete pedestrian bridge, 1 culvert; 1 newly built management station area, covering an area of 15.67 mu, 4535.32 m2 of staff dormitory building, 232.9 m2 of auxiliary buildings, 38.85 m2 of concierge; 3,172 m2 of toll ceiling, underground passage 158.6m; Set up corresponding traffic safety facilities, charging, monitoring, and communication facilities. Toll plaza adopts cement concrete pavement structure, and other sections adopt asphalt concrete pavement structure.

Lanzhou North Toll Station

A total of 28 toll lanes with 10 entrances and 18 exits will be built at K1706+266 of G30 Lianhuo Expressway, including 6 ETC lanes and 22 MTC lanes. The straight section of the toll plaza is 150m long and 160.1m wide. Widened middle bridge 82.08m/2, 3 culverts, 1 management station area, covering an area of 16.75 acres, newly built staff dormitory building of 4,535.32 m2, auxiliary buildings of 232.9 m2, gatehouse of 38.85 m2; toll ceiling of 3172 m2, underground passage of 158.6 m; Set up corresponding traffic safety facilities, charging, monitoring, and communication facilities.

Lanzhou North Ring Road East Section Expressway Yanchangbao to Shichuan Connection Project

The route starts at Yanchangbao, Chengguan District, Lanzhou City and ends at the head of the Shichuan Yellow River Bridge in Gaolan County, with a total length of 19.05km. The subsections of the project are constructed in accordance with the standards of urban arterial roads, two-way four-lane first-class highways, two-way two-lane second-class highways, and the design speed is 60km/hour. The section K0+000-K2+600 is the main urban road with a road width of 33m; section K2+600-K4+130 is the main road with a road width 28m; the section K4+130-K17+300 is a roadbed width of 24.5m The K17+300-K19+075 section is a secondary road with a subgrade width of 12m; the design of bridges and culverts adopts highway-I grade, and other technical standards are in accordance with the "Highway Engineering Technical Standards" (JTG B01- 2014) regulations are implemented.

The estimated total investment of the project is 240626363 million yuan, of which construction and installation engineering costs are 164639275 million yuan, land use and demolition compensation fees are 3,128,204,300 yuan, other engineering construction costs are 98.0534 million yuan, reserve costs are 1982.165 million yuan, and interest during the construction period is 141780.42 Ten thousand yuan.

The cooperation period of the project is 34 years, of which the construction period is 2-4 years and the operation period is 30-32 years. The planned construction period of the Qingshuiyi-Zhonghe section expansion and reconstruction project of G30 Lianhuo Expressway is 4 years and the operation period is 30 years; the planned construction period of the South Extension Line of the Central Passage is 3 years, and the operation period is 31 years; G30 Lianhuo Expressway Lanzhou East (Dingyuan Ramp) toll station and Lanzhou North (Zhonghe Ramp) toll station construction project is planned to have a construction period of 2 years and an operation period of 32 years; Lanzhou North Ring Road East Section Expressway Yanchangbao to Shichuan connection project The planned construction period is 3 years and the operation period is 31 years. The specific construction content and construction progress of each subproject shall be subject to the requirements of the implementing agency. The expiry date of the operation period of all sub-projects shall be based on the expiry date of the 30-year operation period of the expansion and reconstruction project of the Qingshuiyi-Zhonghe section of the G30 Lianhuo Expressway.

Anyone who is interested in participating in the bidding, from 2020-08-17 to 2020-08-21, every day from 00:00 to 12:00 am and 12:00 to 23:59 pm, log on to the Lanzhou Public Resources Trading Network (http: //lzggzyjy.lanzhou.gov.cn/) obtained online before 2020-09-08 9:30 (Beijing time), submit the application documents to the third room of the opening bid of the Lanzhou Public Resources Trading Center (Mutual Assistance, Gannan Road, Jiuquan Road, Chengguan District) 11th Floor, Yizhen Building, Lane 701-1). Editor/Peng Xue