China News Service, Zhengzhou, July 16 (Reporter Liu Peng, Correspondent Yu Jiao) The Henan Provincial Department of Transportation reported on the 16th that in the first half of this year, Henan province's highways and waterways have completed an investment of 31.07 billion yuan. Among them, ordinary roads completed an investment of 14.82 billion yuan, accounting for 74.1% of the annual target; newly rebuilt rural roads at 5,994 kilometers, adding 11,475 natural villages to hardened roads; all the province's built villages are all accessible to passenger cars.
It is reported that in the first half of the year, in the face of the sudden new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the majority of cadres and workers in the transportation industry in Henan province have been on the front line, and cooperated with the local party committee and government to set up 2,638 epidemic prevention and control card points, with a total investment of 6.19 million passengers and 63.07 million passengers. , Effectively blocking the spread of the epidemic through transportation channels.
At the same time, Henan innovatively implemented policy measures such as emergency transport AB certificates, centralized chartered vehicles for returning migrant workers, and hierarchical zone control. It opened 825 green passages, accumulated 4.7 million tons of emergency materials, and completed 32,000 trips of passenger transportation charters and customized buses The number of people returning to work was 663,000, and 9.67 billion yuan in highway vehicle tolls were waived.
After the epidemic situation stabilized, the Henan Provincial Department of Transportation issued plans and allocated funds in advance to overcome difficulties such as the difficulty of returning personnel to the field, the difficulty of material supply, and the pressure of epidemic prevention and control. It was the first to resume work, and ordinary trunk roads, rural roads, and transportation yards and stations were fully resumed, quickly setting off a construction climax.
Li Weidong, party secretary and director of the Department of Transportation of Henan Province, said on the same day that the second half of this year is the key window period for the "13th Five-Year Plan" ending and "14th Five-Year Plan". At present, the Department of Transportation of Henan Province is actively preparing the "14th The five-year comprehensive transportation development plan and expressway network plan (2021-2035), determine the timetable and route map for the development of Henan's transportation in the future.
Among them, by the end of 2025, the total mileage of highways in the province will exceed 10,000 kilometers, and the new mileage will be more than 3,000 kilometers. The total mileage of the highway will be the fourth in the country, and the road network density will be the fifth in the country, matching the total economic volume of Henan. . Focus on the construction of the Zhengzhou metropolitan area, Luoyang metropolitan area "multi-ring + radiation" expressway network and the unimpeded access network in the "Three Mountains" area, strengthen the interconnection with the neighboring expressway network, and realize the "branch line to trunk line, terminal change "Nodes" to make better use of the overall benefits of the road network. (Finish)