On May 6, 2021, a reporter from Jiandao.com learned from the official website of the Chongqing Transportation Bureau that in the first quarter of 2021, Chongqing’s transportation has achieved a “good start”: from January to March, the completed investment was 19.86 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.3%; The volume increased by 39% year-on-year. "Chongqing has fully embarked on a new journey of building a strong transportation city and has accelerated the construction of an international comprehensive transportation hub in the western region, which has effectively promoted the rapid growth of transportation investment." The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Transportation Bureau said.

Projects under construction "Quick Horse Spurs"

On May 5, the Pengshui-Youyang section of the Yuxiang double-line expressway-the Gongtan tunnel construction site of China Railway 20th Bureau, more than 60 construction workers fought in the tunnel. According to reports, at present, more than 10,000 people on the double line of the Yuxiang Expressway are fighting on the front line to fully promote the construction of this major channel out of Chongqing. According to the news from the Municipal Transportation Bureau, in the first quarter, Chongqing Municipality, on the basis of normalized epidemic prevention and control, implemented special class follow-up and normal dispatch of key transportation projects. The construction process of projects under construction was significantly accelerated and effectively promoted. The rapid growth of transportation investment. The Sichuan-Chongqing section of the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed rail has entered the stage of full construction. The main tunnel of the Liangshan Tunnel, a key control project undertaken by China Railway 11th Bureau, has also been excavated. The overall image of the Chongqing section of the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed rail has reached 1.6%. At the same time, the main track laying of the Chongqing section of the Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway was completed by 6.6%, and the image progress of the Chongqing station to the Qianjiang section of the Chongqing-Hunan high-speed railway reached 11.1%.

Freight volume increased by 39% year-on-year

At 23:00 on January 25, a flute pierced the night sky, and a "Minchang Ship" sailed from Cuntan Port, carrying 20 containers from Guang'an to Nantong, Jiangsu, marking the completion of the container liner from Guang'an Port to Chongqing Port First flight. “Create a shipping network that links trunks and branches and directs the river to the sea, so that the golden waterways of the Yangtze River will be alive!” The Municipal Transportation Bureau said that previously, goods from Guang'an and other surrounding areas were sent to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, mainly by road and automobile transportation to Chongqing. Now, by taking container transportation from the water, companies can reduce costs by about 60 yuan/ton. The opening of the container liner between Guang'an Port and Chongqing Port is just a case of increasing shipping development in Sichuan and Chongqing. According to reports, since 2021, Chongqing has accelerated the promotion of three logistics organization methods: rail-sea intermodal trains, cross-border highway shuttles, and international rail intermodal trains. At the same time, the new land-sea channel in the west has opened the Suining "New Land-Sea Channel Train", the "Huaihua-Beibu Gulf Port" rail-sea intermodal train, and the new land-sea channel in the West Zhangye special train. Nowadays, in Chongqing, the new land-sea corridor in the west has basically formed a “one main, two auxiliary, multiple main hubs with the main urban area (including Jiangjin) as the main hub, Wanzhou and Fuling as auxiliary hubs, and Qianjiang, Changshou, Hechuan, Qijiang, Yongchuan, and Xiushan as important nodes. The "node" hub system and the originating system with Tuanjiecun Central Station, Yuzui Station, Xiaonanya Station and Fuling West Station as the main body. The rail-sea combined transport train has radiated 264 ports in 96 countries (regions), with more than 500 types of goods; cross-border highway shuttles run 8 routes on a regular basis, realizing full coverage of the Indochina Peninsula. These measures have strongly promoted the overall recovery of transportation production in Chongqing. Data show that from January to March, Chongqing completed 310 million tons of freight, an increase of 39% year-on-year and an increase of 4.1% year-on-year.

Six more expressway projects will be started this year

In the first quarter, the preparatory work for some key transportation projects was carried out in an orderly manner, and good news was flooding in——The evaluation report of the feasibility study (feasibility study report) of the Chengdu-Chongqing-Chongqing Railway High-speed Railway has been reviewed by Zhongzi Company; ; Yuyi high-speed rail has completed the pre-feasibility study (preliminary feasibility study) report review. At the same time, the National Railway Group has completed the review of the initial plan for the Chengdu-Dawan high-speed railway and will soon review the initial plan for the Yu-Wanzhou high-speed railway. With the acceleration of these high-speed rail projects in the early stage, Chongqing will also start the construction of three high-speed rails as soon as possible into the Yuzhong Line, Chongqing West, and Yuyi, and strive to start the construction of the Qianjiang-Jishou section of the Chongqing-Xiangsu high-speed rail. In terms of expressways, in March 2021, the construction of the Nanchuan West Ring Expressway will begin. During the year, construction of 6 expressway projects from Wanzhou to Nanya, Kaizhou, with a total mileage of 216 kilometers will be completed; Hechuan to Changshou and Yuchang will be built within the year. There will be 367 kilometers of six expressway projects including capacity expansion and capacity expansion in Chongqing and Guizhou, and 26 inter-provincial exit channels will be reached. Before the end of the year, Chongqing will build 3,000 kilometers of "four good rural roads" and renovate 1,000 kilometers of ordinary arterial roads; open 9 Sichuan-Chongqing inter-provincial inter-city buses, promote the "uni-card" preferential policy reciprocity, and open car and passenger transportation network ticket sales. Chongqing main city-Chengdu intercity freight dedicated line, container freight shuttle bus. In terms of water transportation, we strive to start construction of Wanzhou Xintian Port Phase II and Yubei Luoqi Port Phase I as soon as possible. At present, the transportation departments of Sichuan and Chongqing are accelerating the construction of the Jialing River Lize Shipping Hub and the Fujiang Shuangjiang Navigation and Power Hub. Editor/Xu Shengpeng