Zhongxin Finance, April 26. Recently, the Ministry of Transport revised and issued the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic in Highway Service Areas and Toll Stations" (fifth edition).
The "Guide" clarifies that to maintain the normal operation and service of expressways, it is strictly forbidden to block or close expressways and ordinary roads without authorization, and expressway service areas and toll stations shall not be closed or closed without authorization.
If the expressway service area really needs to be closed due to confirmed cases or close contacts, it should be reported to the provincial-level joint prevention and control mechanism before it can be implemented; toll stations that need to be closed due to confirmed cases or close contacts should be The joint prevention and control mechanism above the level can be implemented only after it has been reported to the higher-level joint prevention and control mechanism for approval.
If service areas and toll stations are closed, they shall be released to the public in advance, and relevant information such as detour routes shall be released in a timely manner.
Provincial-level transportation authorities shall, before 9:00 a.m. every day, publicize the closure and closure of service areas and toll stations in their respective jurisdictions through various channels such as government portals, government WeChat public accounts, and newspapers and periodicals.
After the service areas and toll stations are closed, they must actively cooperate with relevant departments to complete personnel isolation, precise flow adjustment, rapid disposal, and comprehensive terminal disinfection as soon as possible. After passing the acceptance of the territorial joint prevention and control mechanism, they will resume operation immediately.
Under the overall arrangement of the provincial-level joint prevention and control mechanism, actively cooperate with local public security, health and other departments to scientifically and reasonably set up road epidemic prevention checkpoints. It is strictly forbidden to set up more than 2 (inclusive) epidemic prevention checkpoints in the same direction of the same section of ordinary highways. It is strictly forbidden to set up epidemic prevention checkpoints on the main lines and service areas of expressways, and it is strictly forbidden to simplify and "one size fits all" prevention and control measures.
In cooperation with health and other departments, sufficient nucleic acid and antigen testing points are set up in the vicinity of highway epidemic prevention checkpoints, and nucleic acid testing points are set up in expressway service areas with large traffic flow.
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