"The lakeside road was opened at the end of last year, making it easier for villagers to travel." Zhang Yongwei, secretary of the party branch and director of the village committee of Nanlang Village, Donghe Town, Dongfang City, said that Nanlang Village is a small mountain village, and after the lakeside road was completed and used, the village bid farewell to the crooked small dirt road. ”
The construction of the lakeside road is one of the powerful measures taken by the East to implement the "six major projects" of rural roads. In the past five years, Dongfang has invested about 1.365 billion yuan to implement the "six major projects" of rural roads, build 237.6 kilometers of hardened natural village roads, carry out narrow road widening, county road reconstruction, dangerous bridge reconstruction, etc., and effectively open up the "last mile" of mass travel.
Dongfang Guangba to Nanlang Highway. Photo courtesy of Oriental Transportation Bureau
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Villagers bid farewell to dirt roads and embarked on "smooth roads"
Hubian Road started construction in 2019 and completed at the end of 2021, with a total length of 6.25 kilometers and a roadbed width of 7.5 meters, passing through many natural villages such as Guangba, Nanlang, Ruxian, Baomei and Baolong.
Road to Finance. Zhang Yongwei said that the village mainly grows rubber, rosewood, mangoes and so on. Today, the lakeside road has been opened, villagers travel conveniently, and foreign buyers have smoothly entered the village to buy agricultural products, "last year, the per capita income of villagers was about 5,000 yuan, and this year it has increased to 8,000 yuan." ”
Dongfang Guangba to Nanlang Highway. Photo courtesy of Oriental Transportation Bureau
"At present, the village is actively developing the original industry and promoting rural revitalization." Zhang Yongwei said that the smooth road will bring more opportunities for the development of the village, and an intangible cultural heritage project in the east is expected to land in Nanlang Village.
In the east, the construction of rural roads carries the expectations of many villagers. Gao Minghong, a farmer in Wen Village, Tian'an Township, Oriental Township, said that the Tuoya Road built this year has fulfilled the villagers' decades-long dream of traveling: "In the past, travel had to take a detour and take dirt roads, the road was narrow and steep, and it took 60 kilometers to reach the township government, and after the road was repaired, it only took 20 kilometers to reach." ”
Dongfang Donghe Town Guangba to Ruixianling Scenic Area Tourist Road. Photo courtesy of Oriental Transportation Bureau
The Tuoya Road Project started construction in 2020 and was opened to traffic at the end of October this year, with a total length of 15.11 kilometers and a roadbed width of 7.5 meters, passing through natural villages such as Luowang, Xiaocao, Qingshan, Tuoya, Wencun and Gongai Village. The 2,000 acres of yellow pear planted by Gao Minghong are near Tuoya Road, "convenient transportation, saving costs." ”
Gao Minghong said that after the opening of Tuoya Road, the fruits and vegetables planted by villagers can be directly sold in Tian'an Township, and some buyers have entered the village to buy, and their income has obviously increased compared with the past.
Tian'an Township Toya to Luowang Tourist Road. Photo courtesy of Oriental Transportation Bureau
Cai Yonghui, director of the local highway management station of the Oriental Transportation Bureau, introduced that at present, the mileage of highways in Dongfang City has reached 2423.67 kilometers. Among them, 76 kilometers of national highways, 60.612 kilometers of expressways, 118.527 kilometers of provincial highways, and 2168.526 kilometers of rural roads. In addition, Dongfang has successfully established a provincial-level "Four Good Rural Road" demonstration county, laying a good foundation for the urban-rural integration of the transportation industry and the development of rural revitalization.
Optimize and upgrade the road network to build a transportation network service system that integrates urban and rural areas
In recent years, focusing on the "six major projects" of rural roads, Dongfang has continuously improved the service quality of key projects such as urban and rural passenger transport, freight transportation, and rural road networks, and improved the highway traffic capacity through the optimization and upgrading of the road network; Improve the highway passenger station system, eliminate obstacles to mass travel, and gradually build an intensive, large-scale, urban-rural integrated transportation network service system. In July 2021, Dongfang was rated as "National Urban-Rural Transportation Integration Demonstration County" by the Ministry of Transport, and is the only city and county in Hainan to receive this award.
Oriental Tian'an Township Toya to Luowang Tourist Road. Photo courtesy of Oriental Transportation Bureau
Dongfang Bus Station is adjacent to the Dongfang High-speed Railway Station, which is a first-class passenger station and the largest city and county bus terminal in the province. In order to make it more convenient for the masses to travel, Dongfang has opened 23 bus lines and put 175 buses, covering 181 formed villages. Urban bus lines continue to extend to the surrounding townships and towns, forming an integrated urban-rural network that connects trunks and branches, radiates towns and villages, and runs through the surrounding areas, and the operation network at the urban and rural levels basically realizes "village communication".
"We have built a new service system through the optimization and integration of resources." Yuan Huihua, director of the Oriental Transportation Bureau, said that after resource optimization, the total number of departures of Oriental Passenger Transport has increased from 1,840 to more than 2,346, up to 2,842, making it more convenient for the masses to travel. The average fare of Oriental Bus is reduced by 40%, saving the cost of mass travel. In 2020, Oriental received 1.253 million tourists, including 1.2524 million domestic tourists and 410 inbound tourists.
Dongfang Donghe Town Guangba to Ruixianling Scenic Area Tourist Road. Photo courtesy of Oriental Transportation Bureau
Yuan Huihua introduced that the integrated development level of oriental urban and rural road passenger transport has reached 5A level, the bus rate of formed villages has reached 100%, the traffic rate of natural villages has reached more than 90%, the bus rate of urban and rural road passenger vehicles has reached 100%, and the coverage rate of 500 meters of bus stations in central urban areas has reached 100%. The supporting infrastructure of rural passenger transport has been significantly improved, the problem of rural people's travel difficulties has been effectively alleviated, and the "last mile" of mass travel has been opened.
It is worth mentioning that the Dongfang Transportation Bureau has simultaneously promoted the construction of passenger terminals and rural bus shelters, and continuously improved the construction of urban and rural transportation supporting facilities. Up to now, 1 township passenger terminal and 71 rural bus shelters have been built in the city. In the next step, the bureau will continue to improve urban and rural passenger transport services and improve the quality of mass travel by optimizing and adjusting bus routes, expanding bus service areas, and promoting the use of new energy vehicles.
(Nanhai.com)