Shijiazhuang cancelled 9 toll stations, and the whole process was announced for the first time!

Shijiazhuang is the land of revolution, the land of heroes, and the place where New China came from. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader knows Hebei deeply and loves it deeply, and attaches great importance to the development of Shijiazhuang.

Autumn in September, National Day is approaching. On September 28th, four additional port toll stations were officially opened in Shijiazhuang Ring Expressway, and nine ramp toll stations in the Ring Expressway stopped charging and opened. After four newly-built toll stations were put into use, nine existing toll stations, namely Xizhaotong, Beiwunv, Gaocheng West, Shijiazhuang, Luancheng, Xigucheng, Shiqing Road, Nanxincheng and Zhengding, were opened simultaneously, marking that eight sections of the 96.6-kilometer expressway within Shijiazhuang Ring Expressway were free to drive. Greatly improved urban space, more perfect transportation network … A 1,200-square-kilometer development framework with 9 toll stations as the gateway is slowly spread out over the provincial capital.

Time goes back to summer. On June 28th, 2021, the provincial party committee and the provincial government issued the Opinions on Vigorously Supporting the Construction of Provincial Capital and High-quality Development, requiring all expressways in the Third Ring Road of Shijiazhuang to cancel their charges before September 30th. Time waits for no man. The Provincial Department of Transportation resolutely implements the decision of the provincial party committee and government, adheres to the political stance, stands firm on the people’s position, strengthens the overall concept, plays a leading role, closely builds a modern comprehensive transportation system of the provincial capital, and regards the cancellation of charges within the expressway around Shijiazhuang as a major livelihood project. After two months of hard work and coordinated operations, four new port toll stations were built and equipped with charging conditions on September 20, which set the fastest record for the construction of expressway toll stations in our province, in order to help promote modernization and internationalization.

First, plan from a high starting point and draw a new framework for urban development with wisdom and strength.

Since the beginning of the project construction, the provincial offices have adhered to the positioning of Shijiazhuang as the provincial capital and the regional central city of world-class urban agglomeration with the capital as the core. At the same time, considering the present situation and future development of peripheral traffic, they have focused on improving the road capacity in the urban area. After hiring a high-level design team and soliciting opinions and suggestions from all sides, they finally decided to cancel the toll collection section from "within the third ring road" to "within the expressway around the city". A 137.9-kilometer ring road around the city consisting of Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in the east, Qingyin Expressway in the south, Beijing-Kunming Expressway in the west, North Ring Expressway and Jinshi Expressway has been formed, further opening up the spatial pattern of the development of provincial capitals.

The locations of the four new toll stations are: about 3 kilometers west of Pengjiazhuang Hub Interchange of Huangshi Expressway, Shijiazhuang East Toll Station is newly built, and 21 toll lanes with 9 entrances and 12 exits are set; About 2 kilometers north of Yong ‘an Hub Interchange of Xinyuan Expressway, Shijiazhuang South Toll Station will be newly built, with 18 toll lanes with 8 entrances and 10 exits. About 1 km east of the interchange of Gaozhuang Hub in Shitai section of Huangshi Expressway, Shijiazhuang West Toll Station was newly built, with 16 toll lanes with 8 entrances and 8 exits. About 1.5 kilometers south of the intersection of Xinyuan Expressway Corner Shop Hub, Shijiazhuang North Toll Station was newly built, with 21 toll lanes with 10 entrances and 11 exits.

After four newly-built toll stations were put into use, nine existing toll stations, namely Xizhaotong, Beiwunv, Gaocheng West, Shijiazhuang, Luancheng, Xigucheng, Shiqing Road, Nanxincheng and Zhengding, were opened simultaneously, marking that eight sections of the 96.6-kilometer expressway within Shijiazhuang Ring Expressway were free to drive. The four newly-added toll stations and the five operating toll stations in Shijiazhuang North, Huozhai, Nanjiangbi, Chemical Industry Park and Sijiazhuang have opened the development framework of the provincial capital with 9 toll stations as the gateway, which further optimized the urban spatial layout, improved the surrounding road network system, eased the traffic pressure in the urban area and effectively promoted the function improvement of the provincial capital city.

Second, high-efficiency promotion, decisive battle and decisive battle to spell out the construction acceleration

It took only two months to create the fastest record of expressway toll station construction in our province, which is the unremitting efforts of Hebei traffic people day and night.

After receiving the task, the provincial office and Shijiazhuang City set up a work leading group, set up a special work class step by step, and implemented inventory and node management. The office presided over the work leaders to hold six special meetings to study and solve problems in the first line. High-speed Group and Jiaotou Group carry out the responsibility of guarantee, mainly responsible for comrades’ marking and dispatching, and in charge of leaders’ casing guarantee. Party committees and governments at all levels in Shijiazhuang City warmly serve, implement the main responsibility of local work, and complete the task of expropriation and demolition within a time limit.

Starting is a decisive battle, entering is a craze, and starting is a sprint. Provincial offices are equipped with strong manpower and material resources, sufficient raw and auxiliary materials and efficient machinery. Optimize the construction organization, coordinate the connection of working procedures, increase the working face, and adopt the methods of "5+2", "white plus black" and "people stop working without rest" to cross construction, continuous operation and parallel operation.

It takes 15 days to complete the installation of the steel grid structure of the toll shed, 25 days to complete the construction of subgrade and pavement, 20 days to complete the installation of traffic safety facilities and electromechanical equipment, and 45 days to complete the construction of housing construction facilities, thus realizing the completion of the main body of the project. Carry out the "30-day decisive battle" labor competition, set up the party member vanguard and youth commando, and launch a full-scale general battle and a decisive battle. During the peak hours, more than 80 operation teams and more than 3,000 contractors joined in the construction … Groups of figures formed a brightly lit and full-fledged construction scene.

Third, high standard positioning, continue to inherit and dress up the provincial capital transportation portal

Let the toll booth "say" the provincial capital and "show" the provincial capital, and the concept of "toll station reflects the city" is reflected in the design of four toll stations everywhere.

Shijiazhuang South Toll Station takes Zhao Zhouqiao, the first stone arch bridge in China, as the prototype, extracts the characteristics of arch elements, constructs eight arch decorations, and shows the profound heritage of the provincial capital. Shijiazhuang North Toll Station is a combination of traditional wooden roof and modern arc curve, which is like spreading its wings from a distance, implying the vigorous development of Zhengding Free Trade Zone. Shijiazhuang East Toll Station adopts modern modeling and blends into Chinese eaves lattice structure, which shows the enterprising spirit of the provincial capital connecting China and the West and keeping pace with the times. Shijiazhuang west toll station uses the method of combining traditional Chinese style with modern style to outline the charm of the provincial capital, which integrates ancient and modern times and moves towards the future.

Evergreen in four seasons, with flowers in three seasons and bright lights, the four toll stations have been carefully designed for greening, beautification and lighting, showing the brand-new features of the new era and creating a beautiful traffic gateway for the provincial capital.

Fourth, high-quality construction, carefully crafted to create a quality model project

In the construction of the project, the provincial office has always firmly established the concept of high-quality development, comprehensively evaluated the quality of the benchmark, and focused on the creation of quality projects and model projects to improve the construction quality and internal taste.

The first is to improve the quality of construction. Strictly implement the lifelong quality responsibility system, and formulate 9 rules and regulations and 12 work instructions, such as Engineering Quality Management Measures, Highway Engineering Construction Quality Common Failures and Prevention Measures, to realize the whole process of quality control. Give full play to the role of expert consultation and on-site supervision, strengthen the quality control of raw materials, strictly control the technology and process, and meet the requirements of home improvement. The second is to improve the quality of operations. The smoothness of asphalt pavement and cement concrete pavement shall be controlled within 0.6 mm and 1.3 mm respectively, so as to improve the driving comfort. Formulate the "Quality Improvement Plan", rely on the toll plaza, greenhouse, station area to arrange shrubs, trees and other plant communities, improve supporting service facilities, set up police kiosks, convenience service desks, simple car repair tools, 24-hour hot water, conventional medical supplies, etc., to extend and improve the quality of public travel services. The third is to raise standards for safety. Formulate the Implementation Guide for Risk Identification, Evaluation and Control, define 4 risk identification ranges and 24 evaluation units, and establish a systematic and complete security system. Strengthen the safety control of the construction site, strengthen the construction organization and coordination, traffic organization and control, and strengthen the full coverage of safety management, with no dead ends and blind spots, so that the safety situation is stable and orderly.

Fifth, high-level innovation, focusing on the long-term to create a new highland of model, ecology and technology.

In the project construction, the provincial offices insist on putting innovation in a prominent position. Innovate the construction management mode, adopt the design and construction general contracting construction mode and the whole process agent management mode to realize the overall control and efficient connection of design, procurement and construction, reduce the project cost, shorten the construction period and ensure the project quality.

Not only that, the technology of "passive ultra-low energy consumption building" was first applied to the accommodation building of toll station. By using this technology, the effects of constant temperature, constant humidity, constant oxygen, constant cleanliness and constant static can be achieved, and the demand for heating and cooling in buildings can be reduced to the utmost extent, and the energy consumption is reduced by about 50% compared with that in conventional buildings. In addition, asphalt rubber is adopted on the pavement, which improves the long-life durability of the pavement and purifies the atmospheric environment. A total of 480 tons of waste tires are consumed and 350 tons of carbon dioxide emissions are reduced.

The intelligent innovation achievements of Hebei Transportation in recent years have also been fully applied: introducing intelligent toll robots, and using big data, intelligent vehicle identification, intelligent cloud platform and other technical means to realize unmanned self-service toll collection and automatic handling of special situations in some lanes, improve traffic efficiency and service quality, and reduce labor intensity. Introduce a special disinfector for CPC card, and complete card disinfection and transaction processing at the same time by selecting a non-contact reader module, effectively blocking the spread of virus in the process of recycling.

The most beautiful scenery is in the next journey. Standing at the historical intersection of the goal of "two hundred years", at the glorious moment of the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s founding, and at the critical period when the "14th Five-Year Plan" is launched in an all-round way, the provincial offices will continue to vigorously uphold the service-oriented concept, create a smooth, clean, green, beautiful and safe traffic environment, speed up the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system for the provincial capital, and strive to make new and greater contributions to building a strong economic province and beautiful Hebei in an all-round way in the new era.

Original title: "Shijiazhuang cancels 9 toll stations, and the whole process is announced for the first time! 》

Read the original text