Southern Network News (Reporter Cui Zheng Correspondent Chen Wei) The Spring Festival holiday in 2024 will last for a total of 8 days from February 10 to 17, and the Chaoshan Ring Expressway, a subsidiary of Guangdong Communications Group, will issue Spring Festival travel guidelines according to the analysis and judgment of the traffic flow of the Spring Festival travel road.
According to the "Implementation Plan for Exemption of Tolls for Small Passenger Cars on Major Holidays", small passenger cars with 7 seats and below will enjoy the policy of exempting from highway tolls, and the specific time is from 00:00 on February 9, 2024 to 24:00 on February 17, 2024, a total of 9 days, subject to the time when the vehicle leaves the exit toll lane.
Chaoshan Ring Line Expressway Chaoyang West Station Interchange).
Combined with the traffic data of major holidays since the opening of the Chaoshan Ring Expressway and the changes in the daily export traffic flow, comprehensively considering the characteristics of export tourism resources and regional folk customs along the Chaoshan Ring Expressway, it is predicted that the traffic flow during the Spring Festival will be mainly short and medium-distance travel, affected by the traffic flow of travel and tourism, visiting relatives and returning to their hometowns, the total export traffic of the Chaoshan Ring Expressway will increase significantly during the Spring Festival, and the average daily export traffic is expected to be about 110,000 vehicles, an increase of 18 compared with last year23%。The pre-holiday travel peak is expected to occur from February 6 to 8, and the return peak is mainly concentrated on February 15 and 16, when the pressure on toll stations to ensure smooth traffic during the peak traffic flow period will increase significantly.
Affected by the short-distance shuttle vehicles near the Chaoshan high-speed rail station and the interweaving of travel traffic, the Chaoshan high-speed rail station to Jiangdong, Jiangdong to Phosphorus River section may have a short-term road traffic flow surge, it is expected that the one-way section traffic flow will reach the highest peak on February 7 before the holiday and February 16 during the holiday reduction period, which is expected to reach 260,000 trips, which is 24 times.
Chaoshan Ring Expressway organized relevant functional departments to carry out safety hazard investigation, photo: Chen Xin).
In order to comprehensively strengthen various risk prevention and control and accident prevention measures during the Spring Festival, the Chaoshan Ring Expressway will strengthen the "one way and multi-party" joint logistics linkage mechanism, adopt the staggered and cross-inspection mode, increase the frequency of joint inspections, improve the road control and emergency handling speed, and use the road variable information board to release safe driving tips and meteorological early warning information in a timely manner, so as to escort the safe travel of the majority of drivers and passengers. At the same time, on the eve of the Spring Festival, the Chaoshan Ring Expressway organized relevant functional departments to comprehensively carry out a comprehensive investigation of potential safety hazards, facilities and equipment operation, focusing on strengthening the inspection and prevention of equipment and facilities, long tunnels and extra-large bridges at 9 stations along the line, strictly implementing the 24-hour duty system, and strengthening emergency duty. The roadside rescue unit will increase the rescue force, inspect and overhaul the rescue equipment and vehicles in advance, and ensure the safety of on-site operations and the equipment is in good operating condition.
Chaoshan Ring Expressway organizes volunteers of the Party and Labor League to carry out volunteer service activities, photo: Zheng Huasheng).
At the same time, the Chaoshan Ring Expressway will carry out volunteer activities with the theme of "Clear Love, Warm Way Home", set up a volunteer service team of the Party Labor League, and use the sites in the jurisdiction to set up party member pioneer posts and convenient service desks to provide the public with unique warm-hearted volunteer service activities such as travel consultation, route guidance, safe driving guidance, and publicity tips. At the same time, make full use of the road administration patrol car to create a "mobile" convenient service point, provide free emergency medicines, simple maintenance tools and other warm services for drivers and passengers in need of help on the road, and make every effort to protect the safe travel of the majority of drivers and passengers.
Chaoshan Ring Expressway Warm Tips: During the Spring Festival, the traffic flow along the line is large and the climate is changeable, please pay close attention to the weather changes, choose the travel time reasonably, plan the travel route in advance, travel off-peak, and drive cautiously.