With the continuous development of society, road transportation has an increasing influence on urban economic development. The development of any industry actually needs to be supported by perfect transportation, so in our country There is also a saying that if you want to be rich, build roads first. Especially some cities in the western region of our country, although they have rich resources, in the past, because they did not have perfect transportation, their economic development status was generally not very good. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they attached great importance to the construction of western transportation. Nowadays, western transportation netizens There have been great improvements.
Among the many regions in the west, Chongqing and Sichuan are currently developing very well. Sichuan and Chongqing have also been helping each other in development. Many expressways and expressways have been built to facilitate communication between the two. Railways, in order to better promote exchanges between the two places, Sichuan and Chongqing have never slackened on the planning of the highway network. Today I will introduce to you a highway jointly built by Sichuan and Chongqing. This highway It's called Kailiang Expressway.
The Kailiang Expressway refers to the expressway from Kaijiang in Sichuan to Liangping in Chongqing. It is worth mentioning that the construction of this expressway started after Chongqing became a municipality directly under the Central Government. This is the first inter-provincial expressway jointly started between the two places. It can also be seen that both places attach great importance to the construction of Kailiang Expressway. In fact, the planning of Kailiang Expressway came very early. Now this The construction of the expressway started. On December 7, 2020, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for this expressway.
The total length of the Kailiang Expressway is about 75 kilometers. The starting point of the line is Qiaoting Village, Kaijiang County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, and ends at Yunlong Town. Along the way, it passes Jianggantang Town, Renshi Town, Liangping Town District Xinsheng Town, Longmen Town, Mingda Town, Lirang Town, Jukui Town, Pingjin Town, Yinping Town and other areas, the expressway will connect to Enguang Expressway at the starting point and the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway at key locations.
The total investment in the construction of Kailiang Expressway is expected to be about 8.1 billion yuan, of which the investment in Sichuan is expected to be about 3.7 billion, the Sichuan section is about 30 kilometers long, and the investment in Chongqing is about 4.4 billion, with a total length of about 45 kilometers. The entire expressway will be constructed in accordance with the two-way four-lane high-speed standard, with a designed speed of 100 kilometers per hour.
After the construction of Kailiang Expressway is completed in the future, another expressway will be added to the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, which will further promote the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle. In addition, this expressway The construction of this expressway will also drive the economic development of the areas along the line. Are you looking forward to the construction of this expressway?