Where is the lockbox in the Three Island Tower on Radiation Island?

For the dream of building a bridge for 100,000 Nansan Islands

Nansan Island is the seventh largest island in my country. It is surrounded by the sea. The island is rich in natural resources such as seafood and wind power, and is endowed with unique coastal tourism resources. However, for many years, the 100,000 people on the Nansan Islands have only been able to travel to and from the islands by ferry, which has been very inconvenient for their work and life. Poor traffic conditions have restricted the development and economic development of the three southern islands, and many investment development and construction projects have also been stranded due to traffic problems. With the efforts of governments at all levels and the Zhanjiang Revitalization Nansan Economic Promotion Association, Li Zhong and other 9 Nansan entrepreneurs have become rich without forgetting their hometown. They have jointly taken up the banner of building the Nansan Bridge and plan to invest 132 million yuan to build the Nansan Bridge. Three major bridges, and promised to waive tolls after the bridge is completed and opened to traffic. Everything is ready, the Nansan Bridge is about to start construction, and the thousands of years of Nansan Island residents’ dream of building a bridge will soon come true. However, for the dream of building a bridge in Nansan, how many people have worked and worked hard for it...

Inconvenient transportation

has troubled the development of Nansan

All along, Nansan There are two jingles circulating in the three areas: "If you have a girl, don't marry Nansandao" and "The meanest one is Nansanni". Two common sayings vividly express the embarrassment of Nansan Island.

Li Zeng, deputy head of Potou District, told reporters a particularly impressive incident: an old man suddenly suffered from appendicitis and his condition was very critical. Due to the limited medical conditions on the island, appendectomy surgery is not possible, and transportation outside is inconvenient. The life safety of the elderly is seriously threatened. In desperation, everyone worked together to send the old man to the opposite coast in a small sampan, which saved the old man's life... "Every time there is a meeting in the district, the leaders of Nansan Town must arrive in advance If you set off on one day and stay in the district that night, you can catch up with the meeting the next day."

Workers at the bridge construction site told reporters that the shortest distance between Masie and Nansan is only more than 800 meters. Whenever the tide goes out and the water level is at its lowest, you can even wade across it easily. But because there is no bridge, people need to travel from Nansan to Masie for at least one and a half to two hours. If they don't catch the ferry, it will take even longer. From Nansan Island, you first need to take a boat to the seaside ferry, and then take a boat or drive from the ferry to Masie via the Bay Bridge. The straight-line drive that originally only took less than 5 minutes has turned into a traffic circle. Not only the road is far away, but also the cost of taking a boat back and forth is quite a lot. The reporter learned that it costs 5.2 yuan to take a speedboat from Nansan to the seaside ferry, 2.2 yuan per person per trip on an ordinary boat, and 1.5 yuan from the ferry to Masie. Including the cost of the bus, the round trip costs at least 10 yuan. It is indeed difficult for island residents who are not wealthy to get out of the island once.

The island is very rich in crops and aquatic product resources. However, backward transportation conditions have restricted the economic development of the Nansan Islands. Many investment development and construction projects have also been stranded due to traffic problems. Many Nansan Islands cannot Don’t go out and fight. Year after year, the island's economic situation becomes increasingly dire. When Deputy District Mayor Li Zeng talked about Nansan Island, he made this thought-provoking joke: "No matter how rich you are, you can't drive to Nansan Island on the same day during the Spring Festival and Qingming Festival because there are too many people." Secretary Zhang of Xiecun Village Committee said that he also has relatives in Nansan Island, but the inconvenient transportation means that they rarely visit each other. Sometimes he stands on the shore and looks at Nansan, and it is difficult to express his feelings in words. These simple farmers have only one wish for generations, which is to build a bridge one day soon, connect them to this side of the sea one day early, and live a good life one day early. "It would be great if one day Nansan Island could build a bridge and open it to traffic!" An old man who had just come from Nansan Island at the seaside ferry said with emotion.

On-site: The bridge construction site is piled with construction materials

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the sea between Nansan Island and Masie. The water reflects the setting sun and there are palm trees in the distance. There is a unique subtropical atmosphere everywhere. Standing on the construction site of the Nansan Bridge between Chihou Village and Duzai Village in Masie, Potou District, Zhanjiang, the sea water under my feet has receded, and the tidal flat between Nansan and Masie is exposed. The sea sand is fine and soft, and 800 meters from the other side. On Nansan Island a few meters away, figures were looming, and the sounds of conversation slowly came.

There is a bridge foundation standing on the shore of the sea. Next to the bridge foundation is a signboard for the bridge construction project. Two workhouses and toilets have been built. The construction site is full of materials needed to build the bridge. Construction machinery, formwork, steel beams and other facilities. Under the setting sun, several construction workers were busy working nervously. "In a few days, construction will start here." A worker wiped the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand and pointed to the bridge foundation next to him.

Recently, after more than two years of hard work by the Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government and Potou District Committee and District Government, the Nansan Bridge has finally received official project approval from the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission, and construction of the bridge will begin. The bridge is expected to be opened to traffic before December 31, 2009. After learning the news, Chen Sheng, a villager in Nanfengnian Village, excitedly told reporters: For thousands of years, Nansanren's dream of building a bridge can finally come true in his lifetime.

Nine bosses

Invested 100 million yuan to build the bridge

In fact, the Potou District Committee and District Government have always regarded the construction of the Nansan Bridge as a top priority to consider. As early as the early 1990s, investment promotion began.

However, due to the long-term lag in the economic development of Nansan, the flow of people and vehicles is small, and the economic benefits of building the bridge are not obvious. It is difficult to get a return on investment by relying on bridge tolls alone. It is even difficult to maintain the daily maintenance of the bridge. After several efforts, few people are interested. In recent years, the Potou District Party Committee and District Government have vigorously implemented the development strategy of "one park, one district, one belt and one island", in which "one island" refers to the three southern islands. It is clearly stated that investment and investment must be stepped up to prepare for the construction of the third southern bridge and create a new southern bridge. Three tourism brands, vigorously develop the Nansan Islands' characteristic tourism and entertainment industries, and build the Nansan Islands into an ecological tourism island and a tourism, leisure and holiday center in Zhanjiang City.

While the Potou District Government and the Zhanjiang City Revitalization Nansan Economic Promotion Association were struggling to find investors to build the bridge, nine people including Li Zhong, who was born and raised here and felt the pain of traffic constraints firsthand, Entrepreneurs from the three Nannan countries have joined forces to take up the banner of building the Nansan Bridge. Li Zhong and other nine entrepreneurs from Nanshan signed a letter of intent to build the bridge with the Potou District Government at the 2005 Industry Expo. After the bridge is completed, the nine shareholders will donate it to the district government, which will manage it. Deputy District Mayor Li said that the bridge does not charge any fees such as transportation fees, and the district government will allocate funds for maintenance every year.

The reporter interviewed several donors. They did not want to publicize their donation to build the bridge too much: "It's just a small thing that should be done." "We are children who grew up in Minamishima, that The place raised us, but we will never forget the hard times we lived when we were young. We remember that when we were young, we were forced to drop out of school because we could not pay a few dollars for tuition. When we were poor, no girls were even willing to marry us... Later, we left Nansan to start a business. More than ten years have passed, and now we are all rich, but we have not forgotten that the elders in our hometown are still suffering, even if we spent money to build this bridge. This is our reward to our hometown and relatives for raising us!"

Outlook: Realizing Potou Integration

The completion of Nansan Bridge is in sight, which will have a great impact on the economic development of Nansan Island. will play an immeasurable role. After the bridge is completed, Nansan Island and Masie will be connected together, and the government will build a four-lane cement road, so that Nansan Island can be connected not only to boats, but also to vehicles. With Lutong Caitong, the island's crops and rich aquatic products can be transported directly to Potou through the bridge, and then transported to the city via the Bay Bridge. In addition, once the traffic is smooth, the beautiful natural scenery will attract more tourists. travel.

The construction of Nansan Bridge will also have a radiating effect on Masie, allowing Masie, like Nansan, to attract a large amount of investment with its rich resources, thus accelerating the development of Masie. Generations of people on the southern islands have longed for a bridge and the dream of opening the island to traffic as soon as possible will finally become a reality. Rest and entertainment in the sea, which could only be heard in some myths and legends before, will become a reality.

●In 1992, Bolivian businessman Zhang Heping went to Nansan Island to invest in the development of the west coast, invested in real estate in Beiyatou, Nansan Island, established Longbao Company, and planned to build the Heping Bridge. In 1994, the foundation laying ceremony of the Peace Bridge was held, but it came to an end for some reason.

●In February 2004, the four teams of Potou District met to study the construction of the Nansan Bridge and decided to establish a leading group for the preparation of the Nansan Bridge in Potou District. Li Benpeng, then a member of the Standing Committee of the District Committee, was the team leader. Li Zeng, deputy district mayor, serves as deputy team leader.

●In November 2005, nine Nansan entrepreneurs including Li Zhong, Li Huasheng, Huang Zhuangqiang, Fu Tengqiang, Mo Yanchang, Huang Tuqun, Zheng Shixuan, Zheng Luofeng and Guan Zijing jointly established the Zhanjiang Nansan Bridge Construction Co., Ltd. and signed a letter of intent to build a bridge with the Potou District Government at the 2005 Zhanjiang Industry Fair. The proposed Nansan Bridge, with a total investment of 132 million yuan, is located in the sea area between Masie Chihou Village and Nansan Border Police Station.

●In December 2005, the Potou District Government established the Potou District Nansan Bridge Construction Coordination Leading Group to fully support the preparations for the construction of the Nansan Bridge. The Nansan Bridge construction project has entered the substantive operation stage.

●In 2006, the Nansan Bridge construction project was included in Zhanjiang City’s “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” construction project.

●In May 2006, the South China Sea Fleet officially approved the construction of the Nansan Bridge.

●In May 2006, the Provincial Waterway Bureau conducted a survey and demonstration of the bridge site and drilled the geology of the bridge site.

●In June 2006, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation approved in principle the preliminary research work on the Nansan Bridge in Zhanjiang during the “11th Five-Year Plan” period.

●In September 2006, the General Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government officially approved the Nansan Bridge as an operating toll project.

●In March 2007, the Zhanjiang Municipal Planning Committee approved the site selection of the Nansan Bridge.

●In July 2007, the Guangdong Provincial Waterway Bureau issued the "Reply to the Relevant Navigation Standards and Technical Requirements for the Nansan Bridge on the Guannan Line across the Nansan River", agreeing that the Nansan Bridge should be about 500 meters upstream of the Nansan Pier. The bridge was built across the Nansan River at 300 meters, and the main span and bridge height of the bridge were initially determined.

●In December 2007, Potou District established a leading group for cleaning up tidal flats within the meridian of Nansan Bridge, with Deputy District Chief Li Zeng as the leader.

●In January 2008, Nansan Bridge Construction Co., Ltd. submitted a formal document to the Potou District Government regarding the rights and interests of the bridge after the completion of the bridge, promising to waive tolls and donate the ownership of the bridge to the local government. , managed by local governments.

●In January 2008, Potou District completed the bidding process for the owner of the Nansan Bridge project and determined that the project owner was Nansan Bridge Construction Co., Ltd.

●On February 2, 2008, the Third Nan Bridge was approved by the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission for project establishment. It was approved that the route of the Nansan Bridge construction project starts from near the breeding farm between Chihou Village and Duzai Village on Masie Street, crosses the Nansan Waterway, and ends at Nansan Island (connected to the completed Nansan Island Highway). The bridge length is about 861 meters. meters, the approach road is 210 meters long, adopts the second-class highway standard, the design speed is 60 kilometers per hour, the roadbed width is 18 meters, and the designed vehicle load level of the bridge and culvert is level I; the project investment is estimated to be about 99 million yuan (including loan interest during the construction period, excluding Including preliminary bridge site exploration and other series of preparation funds). And approved the bidding for the project.

●Starting from February 2008, construction machinery and equipment for the construction of Nansan Bridge have gradually come into the site.