Road joke

At this moment, China, whether walking in the first-tier cities in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen or walking on the small roads in the town, can see a lot of construction everywhere. Excavators are one after another, and the dust is flying, as if they are under construction everywhere.

In fact, in China, a large part of our work is not new construction, but maintenance. As the saying goes, sewing takes three years. This traditional simple style still applies to China's highway infrastructure. Although there are many internal and external reasons for maintenance, it must be said that one of the greatest benefits of maintenance is to minimize the inconvenience of urban traffic.

However, there are always some people who compare China's highway infrastructure with foreign countries. For example, the road infrastructure in Japan does not need to be patched every year, but the quality is always good and the service life is much longer than our roads. How can the appearance be directly compared? The specific phenomenon still needs specific analysis.

The reasons for frequent road maintenance in China are summarized as follows:

China: Excessive pursuit of speed.

As we all know, the speed of China's economic development has shocked the world and is known as the China miracle. Behind the rapid economic development is the confidence of unity, and road infrastructure is no exception. The importance of roads is self-evident. It is an important basis for transportation and the key to open the door to trade. Only when there is a road can there be opportunities, and the road can be smooth.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, our road infrastructure has never stopped, from rebuilding roads damaged by war to opening Victoria Mountain Road. However, China has a vast territory and abundant resources, so it is hard to imagine a little development. You can only take the lead, drive first.

I have to say that in the initial construction, there were indeed many such concepts. If economic construction and civilized opening can't wait, quality will be the second best, and we will seize the opportunity with speed. Can only say that this is a special method under special circumstances.

This is also why we need to build roads so many times frequently in the later period, because we are in a hurry, have not planned well, have not built well, and build them first without affecting the use. Today, with stability, peace and prosperity, repair is particularly important, even more important than reconstruction, because our country can finally have the capital to slowly and steadily improve our road infrastructure.

China: Restoration has more advantages than reconstruction.

In China, which extends in all directions, there are already many shaped roads. Due to the economic development in the past two years, the use of roads is much more frequent than before, and the loss of natural roads is also relatively large. For the sake of traffic safety in the future, piecemeal maintenance methods were adopted.

Compared with new construction, road maintenance has many advantages, for example, it can be improved in stages, without delaying normal traffic, evacuating people and greatly reducing the cost of laying traffic arteries; For example, maintenance is the reinforcement of roads, and there is no need for planning, road closure and other elements like new construction, which causes inconvenient transportation to a certain extent and is not conducive to residents' living and working in peace and contentment; For example, the maintenance cost is much lower than the new cost. Faced with such a huge road base, China will naturally choose maintenance, which can be reinforced on the basis of keeping the road intact and prolong its service life.

China: It is necessary to lay underground facilities.

With the development of economy, the old road is being renovated. In addition to the above reasons, there is another reason that is very close to reality: laying Internet equipment.

The new century has entered the world of Internet. Internet facilities can be supported by facilities that can be seen by the naked eye, such as network cables and pipelines buried in routes, such as underground cables that need electricity. These new things could not be considered when the road was built, so we had to rebuild the road to fill them.

Here, we want to make a comparison. If we only open up new roads for Internet infrastructure, the cost is too huge and unbearable, so the best way is to place roads nearby, which is also the reason why we see road maintenance from time to time, because there is always a steady stream of new equipment to support new enterprises or new needs, and these facilities related to security risks are generally stationed below the surface.

It can be seen that road maintenance does not need to place new infrastructure equipment. In the past, old underground facilities needed to be surveyed and maintained from time to time. Once found, it should be repaired in time. According to China's huge base and frugal customs, most of them have been improved by road maintenance for many times, rather than replacing new equipment at one time. Repeated maintenance is also to maximize utility.

To sum up, it is why we always feel that the roads in our country are always being repaired, and some people even think of the bean curd dregs project. Although this situation is not ruled out, since the CPC Central Committee and the state seriously put an end to the poor quality of buildings, the problems of basic materials in public facilities such as roads have basically disappeared. After all, this is the foundation of people's livelihood, and this principle problem has long been eliminated before the start.

So what are the advantages of Japan's road infrastructure? Is there anything worth learning on the road of exploration?

Japan: Strong foreign aid and financial support.

As a defeated country in World War II, the bombing of atomic bombs, plus Japan is a tiny place in the earthquake zone, which is very dilapidated. However, after the war, the powerful foreign aid America went to Japan. This is the famous Marshall Plan to help Japan rebuild its country.

Road is the top priority of national reconstruction. Unlike China at the same time, I had to tighten my belt and do it myself. Japan has the financial support of strong foreign aid from the United States. Money is not everything, but you can't do anything without money. With strong financial support, Japan can carry out road infrastructure work without delay. This is the advantage of having a backer. To say that this advantage was unimaginable in China at that time.

Japan: Rigorous style.

It must be said that the Yamato nation is also a very creative nation, and this nation also has its own style of doing things, that is, planning long-term and doing things rigorously. With the support of the United States, facing the livelihood project of road construction, the Japanese will do detailed investigation, exploration, analysis and make many comparisons. Only after the preliminary work is fully completed can they start construction. This is far-sighted, but it is limited to Japan's national conditions.

Japan's territory is relatively small, even if all roads are rebuilt, it will only be a province of China, so the advantages of a small base are highlighted, which was not applicable in China at that time. In order to achieve the same speed, China, with a large base, can only adopt its own methods, while the Japanese can carefully plan.

Japan: Less frequently used.

Obviously, the road quality in Japan will be much better, but at the same time, the degree of loss is relatively small. Japan is a small place, and the biggest cities are Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama. The use of roads is far from that of China, but judging from the population density, the frequency of use is far less than that of China, which also prolongs the service life of roads in disguise, so it is naturally unnecessary to renovate them every year or even look like new ones.

There is a natural contrast. The following are several advantages of Japan's road infrastructure, which are worth learning. It is not that China's road infrastructure is much worse than that of foreign countries, but that different countries have different treatment methods under different national conditions. Taking its essence and discarding its dross is the foundation of China's invincible position.

Whether it is the road reconstruction in China or the new roads in Japan, the basic situation is different and cannot be compared. Every country's decision is based on its own people's livelihood, and there should be no comparison.

For a country as big as ours, small flaws can't compare with the advantages of small countries, because the base is different. For China people, whether it is road renovation or new construction, as long as it is beneficial to the people and the country, it is a project worth paying and supporting.