Chao News client reporter Sheng Rui.
Starting this weekend, during the spring tourist season, temporary traffic management will be implemented in the West Lake Scenic Area, including "odd and even" management for passenger cars (including new energy vehicles), and "limited" management for the Lingyin area and Nanshan Road (click here for details).
This means that the "odd and even" traffic restriction measures in the West Lake Scenic Area, which have been suspended for 21 months from June 1, 2022, will be implemented again.
For a long time, Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area is one of the most popular scenic spots in the country, and every holiday, there will be a large number of tourists from all over the country to visit the West Lake.
The big ** will inevitably bring a large traffic flow, causing congestion in the scenic spot and the surrounding roads.
Information**. Since 2008, Hangzhou has implemented traffic organization measures for the West Lake Scenic Area and surrounding roads, but at that time, the main use was to properly control the entry of motor vehicles to alleviate the problem of holiday traffic congestion during the peak tourist season.
That is, at the main intersections, all small passenger cars will be implemented in a timely manner, and one-way traffic measures will be adopted on some roads. Compared with the current traffic restrictions, the measures at that time were relatively relaxed, and the principle of "multi-occupant priority" was also adopted for small passenger cars carrying 4 or more people, and they were not subject to odd and even number traffic control measures.
On September 14, 2012, the West Lake Scenic Area launched a stricter "odd and even" traffic restriction measures in the tourist season, that is, statutory holidays and weekends, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day, the restricted vehicles are prohibited from entering the scenic spot and are prohibited from driving within the restricted range.
At this time, the traffic restrictions are mainly concentrated in the spring and autumn tourist season (March-May, September-November), and there are no special requirements for other time periods, and there are no traffic restriction measures.
In December 2014, Hangzhou issued the "Notice of the General Office of the Hangzhou Municipal People's Government on the Implementation of the "Environmental Protection Action" of Motor Vehicles in the West Lake Scenic Area, and decided to take the "odd and even" restriction management measures of "single number and single day, double number and double day" from 0:00 on January 1, 2015, from 8:30 to 17 on weekends and national holidays throughout the year.
This measure has been in place for almost eight years.
On May 31, 2022, Hangzhou issued the "Implementation Plan for Hangzhou to Implement the Package of Policies and Measures for Stabilizing the Economy in Zhejiang Province", proposing to optimize traffic management, and from June 2022, the West Lake Scenic Area will no longer implement odd and even traffic restriction measures.
As the epidemic is gone, the West Lake is back lively.
Especially from January to March last year, many paid scenic spots in Hangzhou's West Lake Scenic Area were opened to the public for free, and waves of tourists came from all over the country.
During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the passenger flow of the West Lake Scenic Area exceeded 5 million, with an average of more than 400,000 visitors per day.
The West Lake is painted with red edges on holidays.
Every holiday, traffic jams around West Lake become the norm.
Generally at 8 o'clock on weekends, the microcirculation measures in the Lingyin area of the West Lake Scenic Area will be online, and the parking lot in the Lingyin area and the south line of the West Lake is basically saturated at about 9 o'clock, and the roads around the scenic spots such as Nanshan Road, Shuguang Road, Beishan Road, and Lingyin Road often "dominate" the road congestion list on the day.
Lingyin Scenic Area has a total of Feilaifeng Scenic Area and a number of temples, more than 6 million tourists every year, parking resources are limited, and the external roads are two lanes, traffic congestion has been more serious every holiday, seriously affecting the tour experience of tourists.
To this end, Hangzhou has continuously adjusted the traffic organization measures around the scenic spot.
During the "Eleventh" period in 2021, Hangzhou Lingyin Scenic Area will pilot the motor vehicle reservation measure, and motor vehicles need to make an appointment to enter the specified area.
In 2022, although the odd and even number restrictions will be suspended, the Lingyin Scenic Area will still retain the measure of "making an appointment before entering the scenic spot".
During the May Day period in 2023, Hangzhou will resume the temporary control measures for the restriction of odd and even numbers in the West Lake Scenic Area, and for the first time, new energy vehicles, cruise taxis and online car-hailing will be included in the management.
During the Spring Festival this year, Hangzhou adopted a "limited" measure for passenger cars in the Lingyin area, and it is necessary to apply for a "Lingtong code" 1 day in advance, and enter the Lingyin area with the code, and each car is limited to 1 "Lingtong code" within 8 days of the Spring Festival holiday (advocating zero application).
The West Lake Scenic Area has taken temporary traffic management measures, which has brought inconvenience to citizens and friends. It is recommended that the majority of tourists travel, adopt the green travel mode of "subway + bus", and do not jam traffic or congestion; Please also arrange your travel time and route in advance, and avoid the above areas and roads as much as possible when driving.
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