Highway departments comprehensively improve the safe traffic capacity of national and provincial highways to protect citizens’ safe travel

Enping city has built a "safe village entrance", and warning signs have been installed at the entrance.

　　"After adding anti-glare nets and road signs, the traffic accidents here have been reduced a lot." Mr. Wen, who works near the G325 national highway, told reporters that before, the intersection in front of the unit was an accident-prone point; Nowadays, anti-glare nets have been added here, traffic lights have been added, unreasonable road turning positions have been closed, and the safety factor has been greatly improved.

　　This series of projects mentioned by Mr. Wen is a microcosm of the work of promoting the system of Enping Highway Affairs Center in Jiangmen City to prevent and resolve road traffic safety risks. Since 2021, the center has carried out in-depth practical activities of "I do practical things for the masses" in the study and education of party history, focused on improving the safety factor of highway travel, and worked hard to solve the "urgent difficulties and worries" problem of people’s safe travel, comprehensively improved the safe traffic capacity of national and provincial highways, and effectively enhanced the people’s sense of gain, security and happiness. The center has invested a total of 16.5 million yuan to systematically upgrade roads to protect citizens’ safe travel.

　　Focus on improving the national highway G325.

　　Effectively reduce hidden dangers of traffic accidents.

　　As one of the busiest transit roads in enping city, the national highway G325 has a complicated traffic environment. In order to effectively eliminate the hidden dangers of road traffic accidents, Jiangmen Enping Highway Affairs Center "suits the right medicine" and focuses on the rectification of the national highway G325.

　　The intersection of Lianjiupi Turntable on National Highway G325 used to be a traffic accident black spot. The intersection connects the north-south direction of National Highway G325, Xinping North Road in Enping City and Provincial Highway S367. The road conditions are extremely complicated, and there are many cars coming and going, and there is no zebra crossing on the road surface, which is often dangerous. Through research, the center optimizes the traffic design of the intersection and widens the intersection where the national highway G325 enters the turntable from north to south. "In the past, drivers often found that there was only one lane when they drove to the turntable. In a hurry, they had to avoid it, or they made a mistake and drove into Xinping North Road in Enping City." The staff of the center told reporters. Now, after optimization and widening, the lane entering the turntable has been increased to two lanes, and a zebra crossing has been drawn. "Next, traffic lights will be installed to further improve the safety factor of pedestrians passing through the roundabout." The staff member said.

　　The center has rectified two circular intersections of Xinping North Road (i.e. Lianjiupi intersection) and Textile Road on National Highway G325, and two intersections of Shengtang (i.e. the intersection of National Highway G325 and Provincial Highway S369) and Dahuai. Among them, at the two intersections of Xinping North Road and Textile Road on the national highway G325, light control is mainly added around the island, straight lanes are added, isolated lanes are reduced, traffic signs are widened, roads are reconstructed, and traffic signs are improved. According to the division of responsibilities, the center is responsible for the above-mentioned pavement construction, and the electric alarm facilities are implemented by the local government. Now, the pavement works of two roundabout have been completed, and corrugated beam barrier has been added at the edge of the roundabout, which has improved the safety factor.

　　At present, the intersection of Agricultural Institute of National Highway G325 is undergoing safety transformation, the U-turn position of the road is greatly widened, and the rightmost lane is set as the U-turn lane, and traffic lights are added to further facilitate the U-turn of large trucks. "In the past, this was a black spot for traffic accidents, and traffic jams occurred from time to time. Now after rectification, this intersection is much safer. " Mr. Xu, who is engaged in the transportation industry, told reporters.

　　At the same time, the center has implemented projects such as eradicating flower beds, widening the road surface and setting up sub-guardrails on the provincial highway S369. This intersection is an important connection point between Liangxi, Niujiang and the national highway G325, and also the main connection point between the entrance and exit of shenyang-haikou expressway Shengtang and the national highway G325. The traffic volume is relatively dense, and this rectification has an important role in clearing roads and improving safety. In addition, the center also reformed the drainage ditch at the intersection of Dahuai and Huaiping to eliminate the hidden danger of water accumulation in this section after heavy rain.

　　Building 304 "Safe Villages"

　　Improve the traffic safety level of national and provincial highways

　　In the past, the entrance and exit of the village road was the accident-prone point. Nowadays, enping city has set up warning lights, parking signs and speed bumps at the entrances and exits of several village roads and national and provincial roads, and trimmed trees that block the line of sight to further standardize the traffic order at the entrances and exits.

　　Micang Village in Encheng Street is an important part of Enping Industrial Park, and there are also "online celebrity Punching Points" such as Yicai Cultural and Creative Park, where people gather. Due to historical reasons, the entrance and exit of village roads are set narrow, which has great security risks. Nowadays, by building a "safe village entrance", vehicles entering and leaving the local village roads can clearly see warning lights, warning belts and signs, and the safety factor has been effectively improved.

　　Since 2021, Enping Highway Affairs Center of Jiangmen City, according to the guidance of its superiors, combined with the actual road conditions, has carried out the rectification of "Yiqing Yi Deng Area", the construction of "Safe Village Entrance" and the rectification of crossing villages and towns on key sections and hidden danger sections, of which "Yiqing Yi Deng Area" has rectified 55 intersections, built 304 "Safe Village Entrance", rectified 16 sections crossing villages and towns, and installed 30.

　　The sections of national highway G325 K163～K165 and provincial highway S276 K139+000 ~ K171+900 (located in Hengbei Town) are listed as high-risk municipal supervision sections due to frequent accidents. The center stepped up its rectification efforts, and completed 69 signs of K163～K165 on the G325 national highway, with 2 kilometers (5,906.67 square meters) of old markings removed and 2 kilometers (8,319.26 square meters) of new markings drawn. 46 hidden danger points of provincial road S276 line K139+000 ~ K171+900 were rectified. A total of 120 road trees were pruned, 40 signs were improved, 32.9 kilometers (202.2 square meters) of old markings were removed, 32.9 kilometers (1,193.7 square meters) of new markings were drawn, 8 meters of concrete barriers were set, and 3,024 meters of wavy barriers were added. After rectification, road safety has been greatly improved.

　　In order to make people travel more safely and comfortably, the center has also improved the road safety facilities of 12 school sections along the national and provincial highways, pasted yellow and black reflective paper for 64 intersections, cleaned the middle crash barrier for 40 kilometers, and invested 1.92 million yuan to install a 23-kilometer anti-glare net for the eastern section of the national highway G325 in enping city to solve the problem of glare of opposite lights.

　　Since the party history study and education was launched, the center has taken the opportunity of implementing "I do practical things for the masses" to solidly promote the systematic prevention and resolution of road traffic safety risks. At present, the work has been completed as a whole, weaving a solid safety net for the safe and smooth road traffic and escorting the people to travel safely.

　　Text/Figure Jiangmen Daily reporter/Wu Jianzheng correspondent/Lin Huahui