This is the "golden period" for project construction. Tongcheng City has anchored its goals, grasped the momentum and worked swiftly, tracked the whole process, and supervised each project one by one, accelerating the advancement of all key projects across the city.
　　At the construction site of the water intake gate project of Tongcheng City's Third Water Plant, part of the second phase of the Yangtze-to-Huaihe River Water Diversion Project, the roar of loaders, excavators, and cranes rises and falls in succession. Workers, braving the scorching sun, shuttle across the site, carrying out the main construction of the main pump house and the auxiliary plant building. Work faces are spread out across the entire line at multiple points; key projects are being pushed forward at full speed, and the construction site is bustling and busy.
　　"We have equipped the site with necessary heatstroke-prevention and cooling medicines and adopted a series of heatstroke-prevention and cooling measures. In terms of working hours, we avoid the high-temperature periods to ensure the workers' safety on the job," introduced Zhou Jinlei, deputy manager of the project.
　　The water intake gate project of Tongcheng City's Third Water Plant belongs to the second phase of the Yangtze-to-Huaihe River Water Diversion Project. Its water source is the Caizi Lake route, and it mainly supplies water to urban and rural areas. The project started on January 18 this year, with a total investment of about 70 million yuan, a construction period of 12 months, and a daily water supply capacity of 100,000 tons. The project is divided into two parts: the water intake and the pumping station. At present, the main works have reached 60% of the construction schedule: the independent foundations of the auxiliary plant building have been completed, and it is planned to complete the construction of the main and auxiliary plant buildings and the installation of mechanical equipment by the end of September, meeting the conditions for water supply.
　　To realize the people's "dream of comfortable housing" as early as possible, the construction site of the Tongxin Jiayuan resettlement housing project of the Yangtze-to-Huaihe River Water Diversion Project is going all out to speed up construction, and several brand-new residential buildings have been successfully completed. Large machinery such as excavators and loaders shuttles back and forth. Workers seize the fine sunny weather, adjust their working hours to avoid the high-temperature periods, and are spread across various work faces to carry out the final stage of finishing work.
　　According to Wang Congzhou, project manager of the project, the total investment of the project is 240 million yuan. At present, the main construction of the resettlement housing, the base course construction of some main roads, the paving of sidewalks, and the base course construction of fire-engine access areas have been completed; what is underway now includes the water and electricity and fire-protection installation in the basement, the main roads, water-stabilized base construction, curbstones, ammonia gas, and later supporting greening construction. The overall construction progress has now reached about 80%.
　　The Tongxin Jiayuan resettlement site project is an important supporting project of the Tongcheng section of the Yangtze-to-Huaihe River Water Diversion Project in Anhui Province, and also a people-centered project to safeguard and improve livelihoods. The project mainly provides resettlement housing for some of the relocated residents involved in the project, and upon completion it can meet the housing needs of 668 households.
　　Wang Congzhou said that the project construction unit will always strictly carry out construction in accordance with construction specifications and standards, and will achieve high standards and strict requirements in construction progress, safety and quality, and civilized construction, ensuring that the project passes completion acceptance by the end of September.
　　It is understood that Tongcheng City has a total of 86 key government-invested projects in 2024, with a total investment of 43.493 billion yuan. So far, 61 have started construction, with an overall start rate of 70.93%. The planned investment for 2024 is 8.481 billion yuan, of which 2.472 billion yuan has been completed, with a completion rate of 32.34%. "We adopt monthly scheduling and monthly reporting measures, strengthen project quality and safety supervision, ensure high-quality and efficient completion of construction tasks, and ensure that the city's key projects are completed, put into operation, and effective as early as possible," said Liu Baohong, chief engineer of the Tongcheng City Key Project Construction Management Center.