In 2023, economic stability will take the lead, and investment in transportation infrastructure construction will serve as an important cornerstone of economic stability. Recently, the G7611 Xichang-Shangri-La (Sichuan border), the first land use of the expressway project control project has been approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources, laying a solid foundation for the construction of the expressway!

G7611 Line Xichang-Shangri-La (Sichuan) Expressway is an important section of G7611 Line Duyun-Shangri-La Expressway in the "National Highway Network Planning" (2013-2030), and is one of the five major economic zones in Sichuan Province. Panxi Economic Zone It is convenient to communicate with neighboring provinces, open up the main economic arteries of external passages and the main entrance and exit highway passages. The main line of the project starts from Xiaomiao Township, Xichang City, and connects to the G7611 Zhaotong-Xichang Expressway under construction. The total length of the project is 233 kilometers. It adopts the standard construction of two-way four-lane expressway, with a design speed of 80 kilometers per hour, a bridge-tunnel ratio of 73.9%, a total investment of 58.74 billion yuan, and a construction period of 5 years. It is planned to be completed and opened to traffic in 2027.

The project construction is of great significance for improving the national and Sichuan and Yunnan expressway networks, building a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation corridor in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, driving the development of tourism resources, minerals and human resources, and promoting the high-quality economic development of the Panxi region. After it is completed and opened to traffic, it will end the history of no expressway in Yanyuan County and Muli County.

It is worth noting that Xixiang Expressway is a tourist expressway, connecting Xichang, Lugu Lake, Shangri-La and other tourist attractions. At present, National Highway 348 is the most convenient traffic route from Xichang to Lugu Lake by car. Most of them are mountain roads with many bends and narrow roads. Keywords: infrastructure, infrastructure construction, domestic engineering news, planning investment

After the project is completed, the driving time from Xichang to Lugu Lake will be shortened to 2 hours. At that time, it will take about 7 hours to arrive at Lugu Lake by car from Chengdu via Chengya Expressway and Yaxi Expressway, and then transfer to Xixiang Expressway, which is about 2.5 hours less than now. Editor/Xu Shengpeng