Mileage of more than 70,000 kilometers of highway in Tibet to form three vertical and two horizontal transport in highway network | | Highway _ news

Xinhuanet, Laca, July 26 (reporters Qin Yazhou and and Wang Jun)-"with the full opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and gonggar, Millington, civilian airport put into operation, a railway, highway, aviation, postal services and other transportation modes of modern comprehensive transportation system, with a new look on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. "Ministry of transport Vice Minister Weng mengyong 26th in Lhasa, said.

Weng mengyong on the 26th meeting of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway 60 year anniversary commemoration of the Sichuan-Tibet said that 60 years ago, kicked off the opening of the Sichuan-Tibet highway construction in Tibet unfolds. After more than 60 years after construction, transport undertakings in Tibet have made brilliant achievements one after another. By the end of last year, Tibet's highway mileage reached 70591 km, with "three vertical and two horizontal, six-channel" as the skeleton, basic reservoir, East and West of the three economic areas in the highway network has been formed.

Tibet, located in the southwest border area, by harsh natural conditions, weak economic foundation and other factors, transport facilities have lagged. In the 20 years since 1994 to 2013, the Central Government increased transportation infrastructure investment in Tibet, access to the hidden environment has been greatly improved.

According to statistics, these 20 years, total national transportation construction investment to Tibet reached 83 billion yuan, organizing transportation aid projects 16. Meanwhile, 18 counterpart aid provincial and municipal transportation system in accordance with central Tibet policy, arrangements for aid projects over more than 350, implementation of the aid-Tibet Fund of 238 million Yuan.

Thanks to this, in 20 years, Tibet's new highway mileage of more than 66,000 kilometers road mileage increased from 1994, 21,800 kilometers by 2013 more than 70,000 kilometers of rural highway mileage up from 58,000 kilometers; 98.6% County and 61% County through the passenger bus. "Into hiding" has become history, "difficult" ease in Tibet is not far in the sky.

To break the bottleneck of rural road, in recent years, increasing investment in rural roads in Tibet. According to statistics, by the end of 2013, a total length of more than 58,000 kilometers of rural highway in Tibet, 682 of the whole district of township (town), 5,261 formed in the village, there are 680 townships (towns), 5,125 formed villages accessible by road, tongda respectively 99.7% and 97.4%. In addition, the coverage of 98.6% County of Tibet passenger transport, rural coverage of 56%.

The rapid development of rural roads, not only bid farewell to follow thousands of people and livestock of farmers and herdsmen to carry the original mode of transport, but also for people in remote areas to build a wealth of "Golden Bridge". Now, many farmers began to set up along the highway transportation companies, opened family hotel, have taken to the road to wealth.

In addition, groups of transportation major projects delivered, powerfully boost the leaping development of economy and society of Tibet. In 2013, the region's GDP amounted to 80.7 billion yuan in Tibet, for baiyiji growth for 5 consecutive years, Tibet's economy gradually shifted from "blood transfusion" type to "blood" transformation, economic growth rate, benefits of synchronizing; per capita annual net income of farmers and herdsmen reached 6578 Yuan, an increase of 15%, annual per capita disposable income of urban residents exceeded 20,000 yuan, an increase of 11%.

For further promoted Tibet traffic construction, traffic Transport Department recently introduced has on further advance Tibet traffic transport science development of several views, proposed to strengthened integrated traffic transport system construction top layer design, perfect Tibet integrated traffic transport system, strive to to 2020, makes Tibet Highway total mileage reached 110,000 km, County County pass asphalt (cement) road, and village village pass Highway, has conditions of township and formed village pass hardened road.

(Edit: SN123)
20:17 July 26, 2014 Xinhua NET