China News Agency, Guangzhou, May 3 (Cai Minjie) On the 3rd, more than half of the "May Day" holiday, return traffic on the Guangdong expressway, local congestion on the expressways around Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Dongguan, and saturated traffic flow across the river on the east and west sides of the Pearl River .
According to the data provided by the Expressway Monitoring Center of Guangdong Provincial Communications Group Co., Ltd., at 15:00 on the day, there were Nansha Bridge, Guangzhou (State), Shenzhen (Zhen) Expressway, Guangzhou (Zhou) Zhuhai (Haidong) Expressway, and Yun (Fu) Wu. (State) High-speed and other 25 road sections are subject to traffic control or slow down.
As of 18:00 on the same day, many high-speed directions to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan and other directions appeared heavy traffic or closed entrances. Among them, some sections of the Guangzhou (Zhou) Expressway (Guangzhou) Expressway heading towards Guangzhou are in a slow section of 10.86 kilometers, and the driving speed is 19 kilometers per hour; the Guangzhou (Zhou) Hui (Zhou) Expressway heading to Guangzhou has a section of "Chelong" for 17.88 Kilometers, the driving speed is 9 kilometers per hour.
In addition, the traffic flow across the east-west Pearl River channel is saturated. As of 18:00 on the 3rd, Nansha Bridge and Humen Bridge and other two-way river crossings were slow due to heavy traffic. Among them, the "Chelong" section of the Nansha Bridge to Dongguan was 4.07 kilometers.
According to statistics from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation, on May 1, the province ’s total highway traffic volume was about 7.734 million, an increase of 3.95% year-on-year. Among them, the key road sections of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area accounted for 46% of the province ’s traffic. Among them, on May 1, the Humen Bridge had a traffic volume of approximately 106,100, Nansha Bridge had a traffic volume of approximately 205,800, and the Pearl River Huangpu Bridge had a traffic volume of approximately 135,700.
This year's "May Day" holiday is from May 1 to May 5. Guangdong Provincial Transportation Group predicts that due to the increase of 2 days in the “May Day” holiday this year compared to last year, with the extension of the holiday time and the reopening of some attractions, short- and medium-distance travel will become the first choice for the holiday. Affected by the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic and the prevention and control of neighboring provinces, the traffic volume of the expressway slightly decreased compared with the same period last year. (Finish)