Jingchu Network News (Correspondents Hu Zongcheng, Chen Shaozhong, and Li Hui) In the Weidou Mountain Scenic Area in winter, the lake surface is quiet and peaceful, and the mountain scenery is clearly divided. With the sound of firecrackers in the mountains and forests, the construction of the Tongcun Tourist Highway from Longjing Yu Village to Wangtong Village in Songbu Town, Macheng City, began to be built.
On the morning of December 19, the weather was wet and cold, and it rained from time to time, but at the construction site of the highway, it was a hot scene, the machine roared, the construction personnel were stepping up the hardening of the road surface, and the engineering supervisors came to the scene to supervise the construction progress and quality of the project.
Longjing to Wangtong tourist route is one of the key tourist routes built by Songbu Town this year, and it is also a major traffic artery connecting two villages to the Weihu Lake Area, the entire section runs through the lofty mountains and mountains, in accordance with the national standard four-level highway construction, with a total investment of 1.5 million yuan, a total length of 3.5 kilometers, a roadbed width of 6.5 meters, and a road width of 5 meters.
The construction of this section of the highway not only achieves full coverage of the village roads in Songbu Town, but also realizes the zero-distance docking of various villages and the Weidou Lake Scenic Area, marking the progress of the construction of rural tourism infrastructure in Songbu Town.
According to Peng Changzhu, secretary of the party branch of Longjing Village in Songbu Town, "The construction of the longjing-Wangtong tourism route will effectively solve the problem of difficult travel and transportation for villagers." Standing on the top of the steep wall, the entire Tail Tawau Lake can be seen from all sides, which will also promote the transformation and upgrading of the tourism industry of the tail Tawau lake in our village again, and accelerate the pace of poverty alleviation and prosperity of the villagers in the mountainous areas. ”
Songbu Town is located in the south-central part of Macheng City, in the middle of the southern foothills of Dabie Mountain and on the banks of the Jushui River. It has been awarded the title of "Chutian Star Township" by the Hubei Provincial Government for many times. The WeiduouHu Reservoir in its territory has a water surface of more than 6,000 mu, including 21 large and small islands, with an area of more than 100 mu. The lake is as clear as blue, the islands are green and shady, wild ducks are flocked to the water, egrets fly all over the sky, the shoreline is smooth and beautiful, the mountains are rolling and evergreen. It is known as "the green of the mountains has a soul, and the water has a rhyme".
Since the implementation of the country's precise poverty alleviation policy, the macheng city human resources and social security bureau in the village task force and the two committees of Longjing village have fought for policy projects, raised development funds, and tried every means to accelerate the pace of tourism and transportation infrastructure construction, optimize the structure of the road network, improve the road level, and boost the development of rural tourism. In 2017, Longjing Village was selected by Hubei Province as a demonstration site for the construction of beautiful villages. Through the active and effective planning and construction of tourism routes, Songbu Town has realized a circular series between tourist attractions such as "Yuge Temple", "Fahua Temple", "Dongyue Temple", "Dengjiahe Reservoir", "Weiduhu Reservoir" and "Yuwangcheng" and "Jinluojia" Zhou Dynasty cultural sites. Tourist buses and private cars can freely shuttle between various attractions to meet the requirements of people's fast-paced tourism life.
"Before that, it took at least 40 minutes to get from Longjing Village to my place, the road is not good, the car can't come, after the road is repaired, it only takes 10 minutes, and the business of my farm will definitely get better and better." Wang Daohua, the owner of Guyu Farm in Wangtong Village, is full of expectations for his business.
The development of tourism has led to the economic development of the rural areas along the route, and the peasants have greatly increased their income by opening farmhouse hotels and restaurants, selling local specialties, and also engaged in catering, security, cleaning and other services in scenic spots. With the improvement of the tourism road network and the substantial improvement of the traffic capacity, it has created a good environment for tourism enterprises to settle in and attract investment, effectively promote the in-depth integration and development of tourism industrialization, and lay a solid industrial foundation for Songbu Town to get rid of poverty.
Longjing to Wangtong highway construction site. Photo by Chen Shaozhong
