Chapter 111 Taking over Tianjin (3)

Compared with the circuit renovation of Gordon Hall, the construction of the highway from Dagukou to Tianjin is naturally much larger, even in the old time and space, to build such a road, even if it is a fourth-class highway with intermediate pavement quality, it cannot be regarded as a small project.

Of course, the engineers responsible for compiling this project plan are Tang Ruqun and Liu Hao, after all, this is their specialty. The total length of the highway is about 45.8 kilometers, and the two suggested that it could be divided into three sections to start construction at the same time, because there are enough people now, and the construction can be carried out in sections to speed up the construction.

In terms of road design and construction technology, it is basically the same as the road report prepared by the two three days ago, but in the project plan, the two have further improved and deepened it.

The design pavement width is 20 meters, the cross-section is round arch, 2% slope, the whole road is divided into two lanes on the left and right, there are four lanes in total, the road surface is provided with a green isolation belt of 2 meters wide, and on the green isolation belt, a street lamp is installed every 10 meters, of course, the electric light is not installed now, but the oil lamp is used, but the line pipe pit with a cross-sectional area of 0.8 meters * 0.5 meters is reserved under the ground, and the electric light is prepared for the direct installation in the future, every 100 meters or so, an intersection is set up for pedestrians to cross the highway.

Drainage ditches are provided at both ends of the highway and a 3-metre-wide sidewalk, 30 cm above the road surface, for pedestrians. The edge of the sidewalk is about 1 metre high to protect the shoulder.

Because there is a cement factory in the concession, the construction technology of the road, the two have also made some changes, the roadbed is mixed with graded gravel mixed with a small amount of cement, sand compaction process, and the surface layer is mixed with graded gravel with fine sand, carbon slag, cement, if the cement is not enough, it can also be infiltrated into some lime and rice soup to blend and make, and then compacted, the roadbed, sidewalk, and shoulder are all piled up with large stones, and such a road is also higher quality than the previous process.

It is expected that three to five construction vehicles will be required to build such a road, two to three road rollers, five to six excavators, and two to four trucks. It requires about 150 engineering engineers and about 2,000 workers, and the estimated construction period is six months. However, because the labor price and material value of this era are not clear, it is impossible to calculate the cost of the entire project.

However, according to the examination of the two, except for a few materials such as cement that need to be purchased, other materials such as stone, clay, lime, fine ash and rice soup can be manufactured by themselves, and in addition to the engineering and technical personnel, other personnel can be drawn from the captives, so the actual project cost will not be very high.

Of course, due to the urgency of time, as well as the office space and conditions, these two projects did not draw detailed engineering construction drawings, and only used some hand-drawn sketches instead. However, whether it is Wu Dingwen, Tang Ruqun, Liu Hao, and the construction personnel in the crossing group, they all have rich construction experience, and the difficulty of these two projects is not great, so there are no detailed engineering construction drawings, and the actual impact on the project is not great.

At the same time, the two also came up with an alternative plan, that is, the whole project is divided into two phases, the first phase is to rebuild the road surface on the basis of the original road, and the construction technology is basically unchanged, and the rest of the facilities are ignored, so that it can be guaranteed to be completed between 45 and 60 days, so that it can be guaranteed that a certain quality of road can be passed in a short time; the second phase of the project is according to the original design plan, the road will be supplemented and completed, and finally the original design will be achieved, but the second phase of the project will take five to six months, and the whole project will extend the construction period of the whole project, and the manpower and material resources that need to be consumed are also moreใ€‚

The Tianjin urban planning team, composed of five engineers, Zhang Wenjie, Yao Shanxue, Deng Jiandao, Peng Zhong and Pang E, also came up with their own plans, but compared with the detailed engineering organization design of the circuit renovation and road engineering of Gordon Hall, the urban planning of Tianjin can only be regarded as a preliminary conceptual design. After all, urban planning is an extremely complex and systematic work, which needs to be repeatedly revised and improved, as well as fully listened to the opinions of all parties, and can only be completed by considering all aspects of the conditions.

Of course, the urban planning of Tianjin also has certain particularities, first, the concessions of various countries, which are the leases of Britain and France, have already been built on the scale of the city, and there is no need to tear down the past; second, there is a reference to the urban layout of Tianjin in the old time and space, and there is no need to start from scratch. Therefore, the planning team for the urban layout of Tianjin is basically based on the old time and space of Tianjin as a reference, and formulated a three-phase urban construction project, of course, three days, it is impossible to make plans for the three phases of the project, the planning team only made a more detailed plan for the first phase of the project.

The first phase of the project is to take the current concession area and Tianjin City as the main transformation area, mainly on the basis of the existing city, to further improve the urban functions, first of all, to dismantle the city wall of Tianjin City, to integrate Tianjin City and the concession, and to build a complete urban drainage, water supply, power supply system. In addition, for the support of urban functions and the needs of the crossing group, a power plant, a cement factory, a brick factory, a glass factory, a wood processing factory, a school, a garment factory, and several residential buildings should be built for the crossers to live.

In addition, in view of Tianjin's economic structure, it is proposed to change Dagukou into a dual-use port for military and civilian use, and gradually prefer civilian use, so as to give full play to Tianjin's advantages in shipping, and rectify the wharves along the Haihe River, further improve the Haihe River waterway, and at the same time build a railway connecting Tianjin and Dagukou, form a three-in-one transportation system of highways, railways, and shipping, and spread the speed conditions of logistics.

The second phase of the project is to develop to the northeast bank of the Haihe River, forming an urbanization process centered on the Haihe River Basin, widening the channel of the Haihe River, and further expanding the navigation of the Haihe River.

The third phase of the project is to further develop the surrounding area, covering the entire Tianjin area.

After receiving these three project plans or plans, the Provisional Executive Committee immediately held a meeting to study that the circuit renovation of Gordon Hall and the highway project from Tianjin to Dagukou were all things that had already been decided, and they were just to see the construction plan of the club.

The circuit renovation project plan of Gordon Hall was basically approved by everyone, and it was quickly approved, and the project was officially approved and construction can begin.

The first plan of the highway project was considered to be too long, and the amount of work invested at one time was too large, after all, the main purpose of the construction of the highway was to act militarily, to facilitate the rapid movement of various vehicles through the army between Tianjin and Dagukou. At present, the resources at the disposal of the crossing group are limited, and it is not suitable to make a large investment; although the second plan is greater than the first plan in terms of overall investment, it is more in line with the appetite of the Provisional Executive Committee, because it will first invest relatively small resources to build a high-quality highway in a short period of time, so as to ensure the rapid mobilization of troops between Tianjin and Dagukou in wartime, and then decide whether to carry out the construction of the second phase of the project after the completion of the first phase of the project, depending on the actual situation at that time.

If the crossing group defeats the German fleet, then in a considerable period of time it will gain absolute military superiority and sea control in the Bohai Sea, so that it can open up the circulation of Tianjin to the outside world, develop Tianjin's economy, and further recover the Tianjin customs, to ensure that the crossing group has a stable source of taxation, then the resources that the crossing group can grasp will be greatly increased, and there are many things that can be imported from abroad, and there will be enough resources to complete the second phase of the highway project. Therefore, in the end, the Interim Executive Committee made a decision to formally establish the project for the highway project from Tianjin to Dagukou, which was named the first phase of the Jingu Highway Project.

As for the urban planning plan for the Tianjin area, it is clear that it will not be possible to implement it in a short period of time, because even the first phase of the project far exceeds the current resource capacity of the Crossing Group. And even if the German fleet is defeated, it is impossible for the crossing group to invest a lot of resources in Tianjin, Bijing Tianjin is not the first base of the crossing group, but only a temporary foothold, so after stabilizing the situation in Tianjin, the next step is to attack Shandong and formally establish the base of the crossing group.

After the establishment of the base area, the various resources of the crossing group will naturally be transferred to Tianjin like the base area, and the investment in Tianjin is limited, so this urban planning of Tianjin can only be used as a future plan. However, some parts of the plan can still be built, such as the urban supporting facilities mentioned in the plan, it is impossible to build a power plant in Tianjin, but the cement factory, brick factory, glass factory, wood processing factory, school, garment factory, residential buildings, etc., are all needed by the group at present.

However, cement factories, brick and tile factories, glass factories, and wood processing factories are all in the concession, because these factories are originally supporting facilities in the city, and cement, brick, glass, and wood processing industries are naturally indispensable for urban construction. In addition, these factories are all run by foreigners, so some people have raised the question of whether relying on these factories to provide construction materials will make the crossing group subject to others, after all, the crossing group is now in a hostile state with other countries.

But there are also people who think that there is no need to worry too much, businessmen have no nationality in pursuit of profit, as long as they are profitable, they can do any business with whomever they want, so they don't have to worry about these foreign businessmen not doing business with the crossing group because of hostility. And now relying on these factories to provide building materials is only an expedient measure, not a long-term plan, and after the group has established its own base in Shandong, it can open its own cement factory, brick factory, glass factory, wood processing factory, and there is no need to worry about being controlled by others.

Schools, garment factories, and residential buildings can also be used with other houses in the concession, and there is no need to build them themselves in a short period of time, so none of the urban planning plans in Tianjin have been implemented.

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