In order to solidly promote the major transportation projects in the 14th Five-Year Plan, on July 19, 2022, the General Office of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government issued the "Implementation Plan for the Pilot Construction of Wuhan's Transportation Powerhouse", proposing the construction path.

The "Plan" clarifies that Wuhan will achieve phased results of pilot construction of a strong transportation country in 1-2 years; relatively complete systematic results will be achieved in 3-5 years, and strive to explore the development of channel economy and preferential policies for public transportation. Breakthrough progress has been made in the construction of emergency logistics security system, and the application of typical scenarios of vehicle-road coordination, forming a batch of advanced experience and typical achievements, providing experience and reference for the construction of a strong transportation country. In the construction of the inland open comprehensive transportation channel, the main tasks are as follows.

Newly-built third runway of Wuhan Tianhe Airport and supporting projects

The "Plan" pointed out that the airport will continue to strengthen the connection between international and domestic routes, and build a "35+15+30" (35 business routes, 15 cargo routes, 30 cultural tourism routes) international aviation channel; , hot tourist cities and domestic air express routes focusing on airports with an annual passenger throughput of more than 10 million, intensify the flight waves between Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao, the Yangtze River Delta and the core hubs of the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration, and build a radiation to the central and western regions. Domestic feeder network in important cities in the region.

At the same time, we will tap the potential of the transit market, create international transit routes from Southeast Asia to North America, Southeast Asia to Northeast Asia, and Europe to Southeast Asia, and expand the domestic transit market from the western region to the southeast coastal areas. Enriched transfer service products, and promoted the realization of "one-time payment, one-time check-in, one-time security check, baggage check-in, and worry-free transfer" through flights.

Accelerate the third phase expansion project of Yangluo International Port

Wuhan will speed up the preliminary work of the third phase expansion project of Yangluo International Port, and start the construction of berths 5 and 6 of the third phase of Yangluo International Port in due course. Promote the improvement of the waterway from Caidian to Hanchuan on the Han River, and realize all-weather passage of 2,000-ton ships. Accelerate the construction of the water-rail combined transportation project in the west port area of Yangluo International Port, promote the second phase of the water-rail combined transportation project, and the construction of the special railway line of the Wuhan National Grain Logistics Base, and continue to improve the water-rail combined transportation capacity of Yangluo International Port. Accelerate the integration of port resources at Yangluo International Port and improve the capacity of foreign trade container handling. Expand the foreign trade container business of the second phase of water-rail combined transport at Yangluo International Port, and support Yangluo International Port and Huashan Port to declare national first-class water transport ports.

Wuhan will build a water transportation system of "direct river-sea, water-water transfer, rail-water combined transportation, along the river, and port-city integration", relying on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River to further enhance the energy level of river-sea combined transportation. Create a new channel for international trade, increase the capacity of direct flights from Wuhan to Japan and South Korea, and achieve double-week operation; increase the number of flights from Wuhan to Shanghai Port and Ningbo Port, and develop river-sea combined transport routes from Wuhan to ASEAN, Europe, and the United States. Create a new channel for domestic trade transportation, implement a provincial water container transportation organization model with Wuhan as the core, and stabilize container transportation in the middle triangle. Vigorously develop water-rail combined transportation, strengthen the connection of railway trains and waterway routes from Wuhan to Shanghai Port, Ningbo Port, and Qingdao Port, and support the development of rail-sea combined transportation routes from Wuhan to the United States, Japan, and South Korea via Shanghai, Ningbo, and Qingdao.

Construction of Wuhan Metropolitan Circle Ring Line and Ray Expressway

The "Plan" clarifies that Wuhan will accelerate the improvement of the cross-border access and distribution service capabilities of the China-Europe freight train (Changjiang), continue to strengthen the construction of westbound and northbound channels, and explore the development of southbound channels. Consolidate the European access routes, and consolidate the backbone routes to European hub cities such as Duisburg, Hamburg, Germany, and Durges, France. Open up the Central Asia corridor, plan the ASEAN strategic corridor, and connect the Maritime Silk Road.

Speed up the development of the high-speed rail network. The construction of the Wuhan-Yichang section, the Wuhan-Hefei section and the Wuhan hub through line of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu high-speed railway will be started. Promote convenient high-speed rail routes from Wuhan to Hangzhou, Guiyang and other directions into the national plan. Strengthen the extension and connection of the intercity railway in the Wuhan metropolitan area with the adjacent intercity railways in Chang-Zhu-Tan, Poyang Lake, Central Plains and other urban agglomerations. Gradually form a "two vertical (Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon West Corridor), two horizontal (Shanghai-Chongqing, Shanghai-Hanlong) and two diagonal (Fuyin, Jiaogui)" and "super rice-shaped" high-speed rail networks in Wuhan.

At the same time, it will promote direct and direct travel in Wuhan metropolitan area. Construct the Wuhan Metropolitan Circle Ring Line and Ray Expressway, advance the reconstruction and expansion projects of the Wuhan Metropolitan Corridor, the Zhongzhou-Beihu Section of the Wuhan Ring Expressway, and complete the Wuhan-Hekou Section of the Wuhan-Dawu Expressway and the Wuhan-Ezhou Section of the Wuhan-Yangxin Expressway. Section, Wuhan Qiaokou-Xiaogan Expressway Phase II Project. Build new Wuhan-Tianmen and Wuhan-Songzi expressways, implement reconstruction and expansion projects of the Wuhan section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway and the Wuhan-Huangshi section of the Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway, and plan to form a "seven rings and thirty shoots" high road centered on Wuhan and radiating the Wuhan metropolitan area Expressway network to achieve direct connection and direct access.

Realize fast two-way connection between Tianhe Airport and Huahu Airport

Four major hubs with international competitiveness will be formed. Around Wuhan Tianhe Airport, Ezhou Huahu Airport, Wujiashan Railway Base and Yangluo International Port, four hubs with international competitiveness will be built. Strengthen the joint development of Wuhan Tianhe Airport and Ezhou Huahu Airport, and promote the construction of highways and dedicated freight lanes between the two airports to achieve rapid two-way connectivity between the two airports. Promote the construction of Wujiashan Railway Container Center Station Expansion Project, Hanou International Logistics Park and other projects, and strive to be selected as the second batch of China-Europe freight train assembly center demonstration projects. Promote the integrated construction and operation of Yangluo International Port, and build a port logistics system of "port + park + platform".

Improve 13 important hubs with national influence. New high-speed railway Hanyang Station, Wuhan Tianhe Station, Yangtze River New District Station, etc. will be built, forming a passenger station pattern of "five main (Wuhan Station, Hankou Station, Hanyang Station, Wuhan Tianhe Station, Wuchang Station) and two auxiliary (Wuhan East Station, Yangtze River New Area Station)". Further improve the first-level logistics nodes of Wujiashan Container Center Station and the second-level logistics nodes of Hekou and Dahualing, and reserve the construction conditions of freight stations such as Yangluo, Optics Valley and Changfu, forming a "1+2+3" three-level Network of logistics nodes. Keywords: infrastructure, infrastructure construction, domestic engineering news, planning and investment

Vigorously develop the port economy, the air economy and the railway economy, implement the construction of high-speed rail hubs such as the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu High-speed Railway Hanyang Station and the Yangtze River New Area Station, and speed up the comprehensive development of the station area and the "integration of the station and the city". Promote the integrated development of related industries such as transportation and postal express, modern logistics, tourism, and equipment manufacturing, and promote the industrialization of intelligent transportation. Editor / Xu Shengpeng