Huasheng Online December 26 (all media reporter Peng Kexin, correspondent Xiao Mingkui, Zhou Hailong, Lin Qing) On December 26, the second phase of the Guanglian Expressway was completed and opened to traffic. So far, the major transportation infrastructure project of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area connecting Hunan and northern Guangdong – the Guanglian Expressway and the 237-kilometer north extension line of the Hunan Linlian Expressway have been fully opened to traffic.
Guanglian Expressway starts from Huadu District, Guangzhou City, goes north through Conghua District, Qingcheng District, Qingyuan City, Fogang County, Yingde City and Yangshan County, border between Guangdong and Hunan provinces in Dalubian City, Lianzhou City, Qingyuan City, and passes through Linlian Henglin Expressway high-speed docking has a total length of about 237 kilometers, six lanes two-way, a speed of 100 to 120 kilometers per hour project and a total investment of more than 40 billion yuan. Among them, the 199 kilometers north of Sanfengli Interchange of Guanglian Expressway started construction in August 2018 and will be opened to traffic at the end of 2021, with an investment of about 31.5 billion yuan; this opening section is the second phase of the Guanglian Expressway, with an overall length of about 38 kilometers and an investment of about 8.5 billion.
Before the opening of the Guanglian Expressway, Yuebei Road was “congested on holidays and frozen in cold weather”. After the opening of the entire line of Guanglian Highway, from Guangzhou to Hunan via Qingyuan, it will effectively enhance the flow of people, logistics links, and economic and cultural integration between Guangzhou and Qingyuan, Guangdong and Hunan provinces.
At the same time, the completion of the Guanglian Expressway has further improved the layout of the national highway network and has become a new fast channel connecting Hunan and northern Guangdong to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promoting the development regional coordination and promotion of regional rural revitalization.
