Will Lining Expressway be open to traffic by the end of 2022?

It can be opened to traffic. On November 8, 2022, an on-site meeting for the opening of the Jiangsu section of the Liyang-Ningde Expressway was held in Liyang. At 18:18 that day, this expressway will be officially opened, opening up an inter-provincial expressway between Jiangsu and Anhui.

The Jiangsu section of the Liyang-Ningde Expressway is an important part of the Liyang-Ningde Expressway planned by the national highway network. "an important part of The project starts from Xinchang Hub, passes through Nandu Town, Tianmuhu Town, and Shezhu Town in Liyang City, and ends at the border of Anhui Province, with a total length of 23.724 kilometers. Among them, the 7.4 kilometers from the starting point of Xinchang Hub to Nandu South Hub are constructed with two-way six-lane standards, and the 16.324 kilometers from Nandu South Hub to the Anhui Province boundary are constructed with two-way four-lane standards, with a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour. There are 3 interoperable toll stations along the entire line. , 1 service area. The project is connected to the completed Ning-Hang, Yang-Li and Li-Gao expressways. In order to give full play to the overall benefits of the road network, the 7.4-kilometer section from Xinchang Hub to Nandu South Hub was completed and opened to traffic ahead of schedule in January this year.

“The Liyang-Ningde Expressway connects Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Its completion will further improve the Yangtze River Delta regional expressway network and bring closer the economic and social ties between southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui.” Provincial Transportation Engineering and Construction Bureau Director Jiang Zhenxiong said that since the start of the project, all builders have adhered to the construction concepts of "quality, safety, people-oriented, green, and smart", adhered to standardized construction, green production, intelligent control, and refined management, and have successively overcome the COVID-19 epidemic and extreme weather Despite many difficulties and challenges, the construction task was completed two months ahead of schedule, exceeding the project construction speed and setting a new model for quality demonstration.

Legal basis:

"Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 25: Uniform road traffic signals shall be implemented throughout the country.

Traffic signals include traffic lights, traffic signs, traffic markings and traffic police commands.

The settings of traffic lights, traffic signs, and traffic markings should comply with the requirements for road traffic safety and smooth flow and national standards, and should be kept clear, eye-catching, accurate, and intact.

Road traffic signals should be added, replaced, and updated in a timely manner based on traffic needs. The addition, replacement, and update of restrictive road traffic signals must be announced to the public in advance and widely publicized.

Article 36 Where roads are divided into motor vehicle lanes, non-motor vehicle lanes and sidewalks based on road conditions and traffic needs, motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles and pedestrians shall pass in separate lanes. If there are no divisions between motor vehicle lanes, non-motor vehicle lanes and sidewalks, motor vehicles will pass in the middle of the road, and non-motor vehicles and pedestrians will pass on both sides of the road.