China News Service, Lanzhou, February 18 (Reporter Feng Zhijun) The reporter learned from the Gansu Provincial Department of Transportation on the 18th that since the 17th, due to strong winds, sand dust, and heavy snow in Xinjiang, traffic control has been imposed on many roads at the junction of Gansu and Xinjiang. The situation of vehicles and people returning to Xinjiang staying in Gansu. At present, the Xingxing Gorge in Hami City, the east gate of Xinjiang, has been slowly released one after another, and the stranded vehicles in the Liuyuan section of the G30 Lianhuo Expressway have been taken out of Gansu's jurisdiction in batches.
It is understood that due to the influence of extreme weather, the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province has experienced strong winds and sand blowing, and low temperature and snowfall. The traffic on the Guaxing section of the G30 Lianhuo Expressway, the G7 Beijing-Xinjiang Expressway, the G215 line, the G312 line and other Gansu-Xinjiang junction sections have been affected.
As of 8:00 on the 18th, Gansu has properly accommodated more than 40,000 stranded passengers. Among them, there are 1,223 people in Suzhou District of Jiuquan City, more than 4,620 people in Yumen City, more than 25,000 people in Guazhou County, more than 11,636 people in Dunhuang City, and more than 450 people in Subei County.
In order to effectively respond to the impact of extreme weather on highway traffic at the junction of Gansu and Xinjiang, the Gansu Provincial Department of Transportation launched a Level III emergency response to traffic emergencies on the highway at the Gansu and Xinjiang junction late at night on the 17th, requiring the province's transportation departments to take timely measures to respond to the traffic accidents. The crews provide heart-warming services, work together to clear stranded vehicles and ensure smooth traffic, and work together to ensure safe and smooth roads.
The highway development centers of Gansu Province promptly organized emergency personnel, equipment and supplies, and carried out snow removal operations day and night to ensure smooth flow. At the same time, we strengthen emergency duty, increase the frequency of road inspections, timely release road condition information, actively carry out heart-warming services and voluntary rescue, provide life support materials for drivers and passengers, timely rescue vehicles with on-site breakdowns, and cooperate with emergency and public security traffic police, etc. The departments worked together to remove stranded vehicles and ensure smooth traffic, and made every effort to ensure safe and smooth roads.
The picture shows staff from the Expressway Operation Service Department of Gansu Province providing hot water to stranded vehicles. Photo courtesy of Gansu Provincial Department of Transportation
The Gansu Provincial Expressway Operation Service Department urgently dispatched personnel to the junction of Gansu and Xinjiang to rescue vehicles stranded due to strong winds and cooling, and provided emergency supplies such as hot water, steamed buns, oil cakes, instant noodles, and mineral water to the stranded vehicle personnel; coordinated the dispatch Mobile refueling trucks replenish fuel for stranded vehicles and provide charging, free accommodation and other services to solve the urgent concerns of stranded vehicle personnel.
At the same time, we have formulated targeted congestion relief and diversion plans, and comprehensively applied drones, intelligent individual equipment, emergency command vehicles and other equipment to continue to improve the efficiency of obstacle clearance and rescue, and ensure that key road sections, bridges and tunnels, toll stations and "bottlenecks" The road traffic is smooth.
The picture shows staff from the Expressway Operation Service Department of Gansu Province providing living support materials to people in stranded vehicles. Photo courtesy of Gansu Provincial Department of Transportation
The Gansu Provincial Department of Transportation stated that in response to the fact that after the Spring Festival holiday, Gansu Province has a large passenger flow of migrant workers returning to work and students returning to school, the province's road transportation department has strengthened overall coordination and dispatch, and has supervised various localities to increase organizational guarantees for migrant workers and student chartered buses. , and effectively carry out various tasks such as service guarantee and safe production.
According to the Gansu Provincial Meteorological Department, from 8:00 on the 17th to 8:00 on the 18th, northwest winds of magnitude 5 to 6 occurred in five cities in Hexi and the northern part of Baiyin City in Gansu Province, with gusts of magnitude 8. Affected by strong winds, five cities in Hexi and Baiyin, Lanzhou, Dingxi, Linxia, Tianshui, Pingliang, Qingyang and other cities and prefectures experienced floating dust weather. Among them, blowing sand occurred in many counties and districts, and snowfall occurred in 14 counties and districts. Five cities in Hexi and Baiyin The minimum temperature in the northern part of the city dropped by 8℃ to 10℃. (over)