Hello City l 201 4/08 U RBAN CoNSTRUCTloN THE C0DE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT lN ToNGUANG Writer/Wen Qiong,Chen WenIong(Reporter of Tongliang Daily)Editor/He Xiaojing Picture/Tongliang distdct committee propaganda department Ten years ago Tongliang city proper covers no more than 1 5km2.Through plannings,modiifcations and eastward and southward expansions,it has changed a Iot with a 50km2 urban frame coming into shape. Tongliang is more beautiful with broad and clean streets flourishing trees and brightly一¨t nights.Tongliang is more Iivable with a Iot more green parks,more convenient transD0rtations and more fitness facilities.To a certain degree,these tremendous changes in Tongliang are attributed to large—scale constructions and transformations. Citizens on every slfeet andlne aare sayingthatgreat changes ale taking place in Tongling,whiach is developing into a bigger,a more specialized public transportation plnniang.According to he tplanning,the numberofpoblic roads hasincreasedfiom 6to21,anlongwhich 13 have beautifulandamorelivableplace. Ten years ago,Tongling ciaty proper covers nomorethan 15km beenopentolraffic,increasingtravelingmileagefrom 79.3t0 175.8kmand promotingthecoverageofnew residentil卸facasandindustrilparaks Thmu plnniangs,modiicfationsandemtw ̄dand southwardexpamions, ithaschangedflIotwiha50km u tlfamecominginto shape Tongling a[city] 32 buses have been launched successfully,increasing he tnumber ofpublic vehiclsferom 62to 94.Amongthe 32new buses.20 are LNG energy-savingand envionmentr-friendlyandthe other 12 ale community buses Besides,busservietcimehas been extendedtofacilitatetravelng i6 is more beautiful with broad and clean streets,flourishing flees and brightly-litnights.Tonglingiasmorelivablewih altotmore green parks, more convenient lfnspaortations nd amore fitness facilities To a certain degree,thesetremendous changesinTongliang ale atritbutedtoImge-scale conslmctions nd atransformations. Exlmnded url ̄mframe andmore comptehen ̄vepublictransOor ̄lion network public servie cstationsforbicycle ale completedandanother200biyclcs eare added The optimization of public roads and the launching of more publicvehicls egreatlyfacilitatetraveling Asthe citizens said,“Itismore onvenicenttogooutnowadays.Wegetfowherewewanttogovery soon withthebus stationrightnearbyourhouse” Chongqing is embracing he 3-rting-road age,which mearis great opportunities ofintegr ̄ingintothe city properfor"lbngling Basedon anew urban districts’limction orientation,Tongling atakes district fact into aegion, ̄cultureshownbyurbflnconstruction Cultureisthe‘‘spiiff’and“mot'’ofaciywhitle ̄agon cultureisthe essence and trump card ofTon ̄ing Duriang urban c0n d arL ergional culture centered around“Tongling adragon'’isfullyusedmadintegrated into every detail ofurbanconstucriton.Atpresent,Tongling draagon can onsicderaiton formulating hte new development blueprint of“one ho@ wih ttwo wings”,nanlely he itntegrated economic belt ltom Tongling adowntowntol Vandthesouthandnorthtouristtwo-wingholiday resorts centeringaroundXuantinLakeaandLittlenorth sea. e bseen everywhere,includiI landm ̄-k buildings like squares,parks nd airverside sightseeingbelsatndalsolimctional facilitisleike road signsand radlonlaps. o Taccelerate building‘'one bodywithtwowings'’lmge urban area, onglTiang protnotesthe constructionofinfasmarctoreslike roadnetworks In the presenL intertwining backbone roads leading to all directions have bmicallyformedthe“onebodywithtwowings'’largeurbanflame. Hoaiyuan nciaent town witnesses the beneficil tary ofcombining hmnaniy thistory wiht urban development.In etrms of sylte,layout nd aonsctuctriondetail,greatimaginaticmandingenuiyalte shownandprofound Larger urban area requires smooth ̄msportauon networkandmore comprehemive urbanfimctionst0facilitatetravelingDuringthefirsthalf humaneandhistoricfactors are aloisntegrated.Rows ofMing-Qing-style buildingswihChitnese-styletilesandwharfwalls arewell-spaced,limngin ofthis year,the urban transportation network of 'three ring roads wih torderalongHuaiheRiver bank Fengyucorridorlis eacrossthefiverwih tskilltially-carvedlifelke‘i'Tunglingdragonas'’on stone railsalongtheriver eighteen supposing roads”has come into shape in Tongling tahrou ̄ ;;1 妻 Hello City}201 4/08 . 讯饵 珏再豫 . 骱戢蓄;戢 副蓄蓄蓄 一 辩 黔 I_ 憾愀旧 懈 ● 臻 锄删 I I●,●l●。 .一■■●一■——_j———一一■■ 广 II:. j 一一~ 捶睡睡匿隧摧琢 =三‘r= _二 .i _. ._ l-■●t■●,一 一一■■■■■一■一I=三 =三=三=兰 = ■ ~∞-R三 . 硝r f1孺 列 刚 ;iI触尊 1 蠡 ∞ 蘑 ,《品 , 鳓萄 辅嘲■■I 怖 // 一 [city] andtlourishingwillows even add aloti-nor ̄beautytolhe nearly oert ̄picture It has become01 ̄2:oftheveryfamotts scenicspotsinTongliang. Since die beginning ot’dais year,promotion work has been done to tile People Park is enhanced;150,0001mr lawn in parks aid squares is maintained nd atrimmed.Besides,accelerate die gnzening and beautig,ing of key spots in urban area.At present,84 trces have been plntaed at conncetion spots aid over 110,000 bowls offlowers and plntas have been setinYuquan Park,Yueyang Park,Dishui ParkandnorthTongling.a ifnishedfirst-stage Htmiyuan projectand cultralfuactorslike sculpttme and screen wall are added l'he,second stage of I ltmiyuan ancient town project is barely in embryo At present,cable bridge is going tbrou ̄accep ̄lce check;the main body oi:Fengyo curridor has been checked nd acacepted;the main ody bofarch bridge bas been accepted and the decoration constnlction sellellle is being fommlated As the best tottcb ofurban construction,file lighting project ofqbngliang creates a view jt ̄t like the poem descries.“A bsleepless city blazing wih tli ̄ts tNcinates everyone wih exttremely brillinta nigbt view.’ qbngling ata night is wiht work to be done 011 tire exterior nd raail;aver sightseeing project is tarder construction;many buildings O1]file cornmercil salrcet like B block have been exceptionallybrightaidbrillintwiah troadlnlap':3on -every streetandalley.Tensof tallbuildingswithfscianatinglndscapelaampsand neonlightsmakethedowntovcn capped and dceorated:the hot ̄ing project is alo starder intense construction. lb promote the city in a cultural manner,People Park ofTongliang is also promoted,wih tlandscape stones,rest chairs aad 12 copper statues being fiarter bdesigned mad developed quite coloriflf and brillinta Ni掣1 _view light transfonnation consisst of ,o pans: building li ̄ts mad orbder free searchlights Limiting ofmain slycets mad roads is the basic scheme a lot ofimportance is attacbed to oadrsie buidlding li ̄toing,l ̄attued inmulti-levelanddimensionalbordertreelighting Besides to promote he overtall eftbct of urban view mad lhcilittea traveling atni ghk duringthefirsthalfofthisyear,MunicipalBureauofParksandWoodsin (;,x'ening pn}ject gtx- ̄ens the eib' Gren the symbol oflilleand encl brin ̄vitality幻the city.Duringpipe network lranslbmmtion,over 5 800 orbder 1]ees rc awansplntaed and over 400,000 lfowersandhttshes plmlted Atthe endoflast year,odeen spacein downtoual Tongliang sIrtas die renewing prqiect ofbroken lights and 600 lamps have been deahwih tsofar. Overall promotion a¨d translbl‘marion makes a more livable city. overcs asmuchas 1,060 hectareswih a tgrenieng ratioOr3941%.Theconstandy increasing number witnesses every progress made in urban greening,records te bcity's translbmlaion,conveys tire loving power ot、natuye nd also ademonstrates he tA city needs moving forward ald people’s livelihood needs promoting How to lransfoma an old ciy itato a new one?In Tongling overaall promotion ndtaransfommtion have been done幻constantlyperfectttrbaninfrastucrtureand improve environmental nd aurban quality. During pipe network transfomration,69 main and supporting roads in urban area have been improved hortoughly 350,O00km pedestrian walk ciyt、s humane care Duri哗the first halt’ol’this year,1 72 days passed by with excellent air qualityindowntown, ̄lkingfisrtanaongall newcotmtydevelopment dislricts A walk in downtown park or along Bachuan River is like traveling htrou ̄1 a green orcridorand definitelymakes youl eIthebeauty and pleasore brought by green lhcing bricks have been re-paved;nearly 10 O00km ̄roads ifave been expanded: about 180,000km exterior wall ot buildings near main roads are cleaned:over scenery.Whetheritbe duringthe dayor at ni ̄lkthe green shadeis a perRzct spot for recretiaon 1(}bodybuilding Buildinganecologic ̄andlivable ciyits noton1), the developolent orientation of.a ciy tbnt lsao the requirement for promoting living environment ronglialg puts people in ifle fistr place combines greening with eveb detml ofurban constluction aid olflows die principle of‘'greening co111es ifstr in rbaan onstcuctrion”Dt ̄ng the ifstr halfofthis ye Municipal Btueau ofParks aidWoodsinqbngling aaccelerated ̄ningto enstne a beautilifl park view.The 430,000kin doors,gatepossatnd doorbrandsin sloros nearmain roadshavebeen translbm ̄ed Atpresent,comprehensiverenovationand scenicbeltconslructionol’ BaClmanRiverhave cometotheendingphase I)uringthefirst halfofthis yc越the spccil ̄ed“tahreicmprovements and one rcfom]”was conducte ̄fcusiong 011 acts that disrupt public order like illegal operation mad parking 95 mbbish cans nd a700 ̄,oarbaoe bins are newly set in place Urbanorderbecomesfineagainandthewholecityisgreadyimproved lawn ofRiversie dPark is promoted;the greening ofYuquan Park,Xuean Park nd a