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Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, Jan.13 (Reporter Ding Yiquan Yanyong) The Lincang East Toll Station of the Molin Expressway was officially opened on the 13th, marking that after more than 5 years of construction, the county expressway from Mojiang to Lincang City, Yunnan Province Completion of the trial operation. So far, all 16 prefectures and cities in Yunnan Province are connected to highways.
After the completion of the Mo-Lin Expressway, the mileage of the Kunming to Lincang highway was reduced by more than 140 kilometers, and the border town of Lincang has since been integrated into the “Kunming 4-hour economic circle” . “Back then, it took 4 days to travel from Lincang to Kunming.” Tian Xueming, an 81-year-old Wa elder, recalled the experience of going to Kunming with his classmates in 1958. “The road conditions were not good at that time. There were no long-distance buses from Lincang to Kunming as well. I had to take a big truck. The road was bumpy and dizzy, and nausea was common. “
This is the Xigui flyover of the Molin Highway in Yunnan province taken on January 13 (a photo of a drone) Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Guansen.
For thousands of years, the sound of the copper bells of the horse caravan has lingered in this land, and the ancestors opened the ancient way of the tea horses for economic and cultural exchanges with the outside world. From the ancient tea horse trail to the construction of dirt roads, bouncing stone paths and concrete roads … the “dream of the road” of the Yunnan people has never changed. However, due to various reasons such as economic and social development and natural conditions, the Kunming-Songming Expressway, the first expressway in Yunnan, was opened to traffic in 1996.
For a long time, the difficulty of construction of transportation infrastructure and the large amount of debts have restricted the development of Yunnan. According to Ma Defang, a member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the Yunnan Province Department of Transportation, by 2015, the mileage of the highways in Yunnan Province will be less than 4,000 kilometers.
In early 2016, Yunnan Province launched the “Transportation Infrastructure Five-Year Contest”, which pointed to the “traffic difficulties” that had plagued for many years.
Yunnan is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau. Most of the areas are located in the Hengduan Mountains, with high mountains and steep slopes and complex geology. The proportion of bridges and tunnels in most highway projects exceeds 50% and some sections exceed 90%.
This is the Lancang (Xigui) River Bridge on the Molin Highway in Yunnan Province (drone photo) taken on Jan. 13, Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Guansen.
According to Deng Ju, Deputy Magistrate of Yanjin County, Zhaotong City, local roads are difficult and expensive. It costs about 50 million yuan to build a one-kilometer highway in flat areas and at least 70 million yuan on Wumeng Mountain.
After more than 5 years of arduous construction, in early 2021, Yunnan’s transportation facilities have been frequently well-informed: Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture have successively ended the history of absence of roads; Zhaotong City, located in a contiguous and destitute area of Wumeng Mountain 5 All roads are open to traffic … By the end of 2020, the total mileage of expressways in Yunnan province exceeded 9,000 kilometers.
Many poverty alleviation cadres said that construction of transportation infrastructure plays a leading role. Changing a zip line and repairing a section of the road can open a door for the masses to rid themselves of poverty and become rich. All 16 prefectures and cities have access to highways, which is of great importance to further consolidate the results of poverty alleviation.
In May last year, when Yongde County came out of poverty, all the impoverished counties in Lincang City came out of poverty. “This road arrived too timely. Our walnuts and walnuts can be shipped out of Lincang faster and sold to all parts of the country,” said Yang Wenzhu, a villager from Daxueshan, Yongde County.
This is the Wenduo Bridge on the Molin Highway in Yunnan Province (a photo of a drone) taken on January 13, Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Guansen.
At present, Yunnan Province is making every effort to promote the county’s highway construction to “connect all connections” and “interconnection”, and strives to achieve the goal of eliminating the ecological functions of Fugong, Gongshan , Deqin and other counties in the initial period of the fourteenth five-year plan. Outside of Weixi County, the remaining 125 counties (cities, districts) in the province are all connected to highways.
“When the county highway is fully accessible, I hope to take my wife to see all of Yunnan!” Tian Xueming calculated his travel plan.Return to Sohu to see more
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