On June 26, Chongqing held the 2024 on-site meeting on advancing the high-quality development of "Four Good Rural Roads" across the city. Reporters learned at the meeting that over the past 10 years, the city has invested a cumulative total of more than 110 billion yuan, deeply advancing rural road construction.

The photo shows an aerial view of rural roads in Shapingba District, Chongqing.

A relevant official from the Chongqing Municipal Transportation Commission stated that the city has always placed "Four Good Rural Roads" within the overall planning and advancement of building a strong transportation city, accelerating the formation of a rural transportation infrastructure network covering both urban and rural areas.

As of the end of 2023, Chongqing's total rural road mileage reached 167,000 kilometers, accounting for 89.7% of the total road mileage, an increase of 45.4% compared with 2014; the road network density reached 203 kilometers per 100 square kilometers, 4.7 times the national average.

According to statistics, over the past 10 years, the average travel time for rural residents in Chongqing to reach county seats has been shortened to less than 2 hours, and travel frequency has increased more than fivefold.

According to Wu Huan, deputy director of the Comprehensive Planning Division of the Chongqing Municipal Transportation Commission, Chongqing is formulating the "Implementation Plan for a New Round of Rural Road Improvement Actions" to advance the in-depth development of rural roads.

The photo shows rural roads in Shapingba District, Chongqing.

Wu Huan stated that Chongqing will implement a number of "special projects," striving to achieve by 2027 a 90% rate of townships connected by third-class roads, a rate of basically 100% of administrative villages connected by graded roads, and a 98% rate of village groups connected by hardened roads.

Among them, the "Road Network Reinforcement Special Project" mentions that emphasis will be placed on upgrading and improving standards, with an average of about 2,500 kilometers of rural roads newly built or reconstructed each year, orderly advancing the implementation of county and township road reconstruction and the construction of dual-lane roads in administrative villages, and intensifying efforts to widen narrow roads and reconstruct connecting roads.

In addition, the "Industrial Support Special Project" mentions that emphasis will be placed on the integrated development of transportation and industry, with a batch of industrial roads and resource roads newly built or reconstructed to support the development of ecological characteristic industries and agricultural product processing industries.