Nan San Island is China's seventh largest island. It is surrounded by sea, the island seafood, wind and other natural resources, coastal tourism resources are unique. However, for many years, the South Three Island 100,000 people in and out of the island can only rely on the ferry ride to and from the production life is very inconvenient. Backward transportation conditions constrain the development of the South Island and economic development, many investment development and construction projects are also due to traffic problems and shelved. At all levels of government and Zhanjiang revitalization of the South Three Economic Promotion Association's efforts, Li Zhong and other nine entrepreneurs of the South Three to get rich without forgetting their hometowns, joined forces to carry the banner of the construction of the South Three bridges to invest 132 million yuan to build the South Three bridges and commitment to the bridge was completed and opened to traffic to give up the tolls. All ready, South Three Bridge is about to start construction, South Three Island residents of thousands of years to build a bridge dream is about to come true. However, in order to build a bridge for the South three people of this dream, how many people for it to work and run ......
Inconvenient transportation
Troublesome development of the South three
Has been, the South three areas circulated two jingles: "There are women do not marry the South three islands " "The most lowly but Nan San mud". The two sayings visualize the embarrassment of Nan San Island.
Potou District Deputy Mayor Li Zeng told reporters about a particularly impressive thing: an old man suddenly appendicitis, the situation is very critical. Due to the limited medical conditions on the island, it is impossible to do appendectomy surgery, and the transportation out of the city is not convenient, the old man's life safety is seriously threatened. In desperation, everyone's concerted efforts to use a small sampan boat to send the old man to the opposite shore, which saved the old man's life ...... "Whenever the district meeting, the leaders of the town of Nansan have to leave a day in advance, and stay in the district the same night, in order to make it to the next day's meeting. "
Workers at the bridge construction site told reporters that the nearest distance between Ma diagonal, Nan San is only more than 800 meters, whenever the sea ebb tide, the lowest water level can even easily trip through the water. But because there is no bridge, people from Nan San to hemp oblique at least one and a half hours to two hours, if not in time for the ferry, spend more time. When you come out from Nansan Island, you first have to take a boat to the waterfront ferry port, and then take a boat or a car from the ferry port through the Bay Bridge to arrive at Mashie, which is originally less than a 5-minute straight-line drive, but has turned into a traffic circle. The road is far away, not to mention the cost of traveling back and forth by boat is also quite a lot. The reporter learned that from the south three by speedboat to the waterfront ferry needs 5.2 yuan, ordinary boats each time 2.2 yuan per person, from the ferry to the hemp oblique to 1.5 yuan, plus the cost of the car, the round trip at least need to more than ten dollars. It is difficult for the islanders to get out of the island once.
The island's crops, aquatic resources are very rich, but the backward transportation conditions constrain the economic development of the South Island, a lot of investment development and construction projects are also due to the transportation problems and stranded, many of the South three people had to go out to fight. Year after year, the island's economic situation is increasingly not optimistic. Li Zeng, deputy director of the South Three Islands, there is such a thought-provoking joke: "Even if you are rich, the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival can not be driven on the day of the car ride to the South Three, because there are too many people." Massachusetts Village Village Committee Secretary Zhang said, he also has relatives in the South Island, but the inconvenience of transportation between them seldom visit each other, sometimes standing on the shore looking at the South Island, the feelings of the heart is very difficult to express in words. These simple farmers for generations have only one wish, that is, looking forward to the early day to build a bridge, the early day and the sea side of the connection, the early day to live a good life. "If one day, Nan San can build a bridge to open to traffic how good it is!" Seaside ferry an old man who just came from Nan San Island said with emotion.
Scene: bridge site piled up construction materials
Evening, the afterglow of the setting sun in the South Three Islands and hemp oblique between the sea, the sea water reflecting the setting sun, the distant palm forests, everywhere filled with the unique subtropical flavor. Standing in the Zhanjiang Potou District hemp oblique red after the village and the village of Watts between the construction site of the South three bridges, the sea under the feet of the sea has ebbed, the South three and hemp oblique between the mudflats exposed, the sea sand is delicate and soft, the opposite shore of more than 800 meters away from the South three islands, the silhouette of the hidden, the sound of the conversation Xu Xu came.
The sea side of the shore stands a bridge foundation, bridge foundation next to the construction of the bridge project signage, built two working boarding houses and restrooms, etc., the site site is full of construction machinery to build bridges, templates, as well as steel beams and other facilities. Under the setting sun, several construction workers are busy. "In a few days, construction will begin here." A worker wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand and pointed to the bridge foundation beside him, saying.
A few days ago, after more than two years of efforts by the municipal government as well as the district government of Potou District, Nansan Bridge has finally been officially approved by the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission to set up the project, and the bridge will start construction. The bridge is expected to be opened to traffic in December 31, 2009 before. After learning the news, the South three Feng carriage village villagers Chen Sheng excitedly told reporters: thousands of years, the South three people to build a bridge dream can finally be realized in their own lifetime.
Nine bosses
Contributing hundreds of millions of yuan to build the bridge
In fact, Potou District Committee, the district government has been the construction of the South Three Bridge as a top priority to consider. As early as in the early 1990s, began to attract investment. But due to the long-term lag in economic development of the South three, people, traffic flow is small, the economic benefits of building bridges are not obvious, relying solely on the bridge tolls are difficult to get a return on investment, and even the daily maintenance of the bridge are difficult to maintain, after several fights are fewer people ask for it. In recent years, Potou District Committee, the district government vigorously implement the "a park, a district, a belt, an island" development strategy, in which "an island" refers to the South Island, it is clearly stated that we must step up investment in the construction of the South Three Bridge, to create a South Three tourism brand, and vigorously develop the characteristics of the South Three Islands Tourism and entertainment industry, the construction of the South Island into an ecological tourism island, Zhanjiang City, the tourism and leisure resort center.
Just as the Potou District Government and Zhanjiang City to revitalize the Nan San Economic Promotion Association struggled to find investors to build bridges, born in the city and grew up in the city, and feel the pain of traffic constraints Li Zhong and other nine entrepreneurs of the Nan San nationality joined hands to carry the banner of the construction of the Nan San Bridge. Li Zhong and other nine entrepreneurs of Nan San and Potou District Government signed a letter of intent to build the bridge in the 2005 Industrial Fair. After the completion of the bridge, the 9 shareholders will donate it to the district government for management. Vice Mayor Li said the bridge will not charge any fees such as transportation fees, and the district government will allocate funds every year to do a good job of maintaining the bridge.
The reporter turned around and interviewed several donors, they donate money to build the bridge and do not want too much publicity: "should do a little thing just." "We are the children who grew up on the three southern islands, that place raised us. But the hard life we lived since childhood is something we can never forget. I remember when I was a child because I couldn't afford to pay a few dollars of tuition fees and was forced to drop out of school, I couldn't eat or wear warm clothes, and when I grew up, because of the closed transportation and the island's poverty, there were not even any girls who were willing to marry ...... Later on, we walked out of Nan San and started a business in the outside world, and more than ten years passed, and now we're all affluent, but we didn't forget that our hometown fathers and mothers were still suffering. Contribute money to build this bridge, even if it is our return to our hometown and relatives to bring us up!"
Outlook: realizing the integration of Po Tau
The completion of the Nan San Bridge is in sight, and will play an immeasurable role in the economic development of Nan San Island. After the completion of the bridge, the south three islands and hemp oblique will be connected to a piece, the government will build a four-lane concrete road, so that the south three islands not only through the boat, more through the car. The road is open to all, the island's crops and rich aquatic products can be shipped directly to Potou through the bridge, and then transported to the city through the Bay Bridge, in addition, after the smooth transportation, the beautiful natural scenery will attract more tourists to come to travel.
The construction of the Nan San Bridge will also play a radiating role for Ma Xie, so that Ma Xie and Nan San, as well as the rich resources to attract a large number of investments, thereby accelerating the development of Ma Xie. Nansan Island people look forward to having a bridge for generations, the island can be opened to traffic early dream, finally is going to become a reality, when before just in some myths and legends can be heard in the sea rest, entertainment, will become a reality.
●In 1992, the Bolivian businessman Zhang Heping to the south of the three islands to invest in the development of the west coast, in the south of the three islands in the north end of the head of the investment in real estate, the establishment of the Long Bao company, and want to build the Peace Bridge. 1994, the Peace Bridge held a foundation stone laying ceremony, and then did not have a tail end due to the reason.
●February 2004, Potou District, four sets of team meeting to study the construction of the South Three Bridge, decided to set up the Potou District, South Three Bridge Construction Leading Group, then Standing Committee member of the District Li Benpeng as head, then Deputy Mayor Li Zeng as deputy head.
● November 2005, Li Zhong, Li Huasheng, Huang Zhuangqiang, Fu Tengqiang, Mo Yanchang, Huang Tuqun, Zheng Shixuan, Zheng Luofeng, Guan Zi Jing and other nine entrepreneurs of the southern three joint venture Zhanjiang Nan San Bridge Construction Co. The proposed Nan San Bridge, with a total investment of 132 million yuan, the site was selected in the sea between the village of Machi Chihou to Nan San Border Police Station.
● December 2005, the Po Tau District Government set up the Po Tau District Nan San Bridge construction coordination leading group, full support for the Nan San Bridge preparatory work. The Nan San Bridge construction project entered the substantial operation stage.
●In 2006, the Nan San Bridge construction project was included in the Zhanjiang City "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" construction projects.
●In May 2006, the South Sea Fleet formally approved the construction of Nansan Bridge.
●In May 2006, the Provincial Waterway Bureau conducted a survey and demonstration of the bridge site and drilled the geology of the bridge site.
●In June 2006, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation approved in principle that Zhanjiang should carry out the preliminary study of the Nan San Bridge during the 11th Five-Year Plan period.
●In September 2006, the General Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province formally approved the Nan San Bridge as an operational toll project.
●In March 2007, Zhanjiang Planning Commission approved the site selection of Nansan Bridge.
●July 2007, the Guangdong Provincial Waterway Bureau made a "Review Letter on the Navigational Standards and Technical Requirements of the Nan San Bridge of the Guan Nan Line Across the Nan San River", agreeing to the construction of the Nan San Bridge across the Nan San River about 500 meters upstream of the Nan San Terminal, and initially determining the main span of the bridge and the height of the bridge.
●In December 2007, Botou District set up a leading group for the cleanup of mudflat farming within the warp range of the Nan San Bridge, with deputy mayor Li Zeng as the head of the group.
●In January 2008, the Nan San Bridge Construction Co., Ltd. submitted a formal instrument to the Botou District Government regarding the rights and interests related to the bridge after the completion of the bridge, promising to give up the tolls and at the same time gifting the ownership of the bridge to the local government, which would then take over the management of the bridge.
●In January 2008, Potou District completed the bidding process for the owner of the Nan San Bridge project, and identified the project owner as Nan San Bridge Construction Co.
●February 2, 2008, Nansan Bridge was approved by the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission agreed to the project. Approval agreed to the Nan San Bridge construction project route from the Ma Xi Street Chihou village and ferry village between the farm near the cross Nan San waterway, finally Nan San Island (connected to the completed Nan San Island Highway), the bridge is about 861 meters long, the approach road is 210 meters long, the use of second-class highway standards, the design speed of 60 kilometers / hour, the roadbed width of 18 meters, the design of bridges and culverts, the automotive loading level of class I; the project investment is estimated to be about 0.99 billion yuan (including interest on loans during the construction period, excluding preliminary bridge site exploration and other series of preparatory funds). And approved the bidding of the project.
● Starting in February 2008, construction machinery and equipment for the construction of the South Three Bridges came on site one after another.