Although Zuo Jiang was busy at the dinner table, he never forgot to eavesdrop on the conversation between Mayor Zhu and his grandfather, as their conversation deepened, Zuo Jiang gradually understood Mayor Zhu's intention, because the construction of this highway and railway overpass involves all aspects of the railway, not a mayor who said that it could be built.

Mayor Zhu probably means, the current Futai Road railway level crossing is a major hidden danger to traffic safety in Tongjiang City, due to the special geographical location of this crossing, it is very unfavorable to pass the vehicles and pedestrians to look, although the railway side sent special personnel to guard the crossing, but every year this crossing has several traffic accidents, according to the city's statistics, in the past five years, this crossing has a total of 22 large and small traffic accidents, 35 casualties, 15 vehicles scrapped, Not long ago, there was an accident in which a four-wheeled agricultural vehicle collided with a train, killing five people, four and injuring one, so the city decided to build an overpass there.

There are many difficulties in the city to build this overpass, the first difficulty is the problem of funds, Tongjiang City's finances are very difficult, the annual profits and taxes are less than 10 million, except for municipal maintenance, road maintenance, infrastructure, staff salaries and office expenses, there is almost no money left. According to the calculations of the Construction Committee, the construction of such a large overpass will require at least 1.2 million yuan in funds, and the city cannot afford it at all, even if it bears half of the cost, and the finances will have to tighten their bellies and live a hard life for several years.

The second difficulty is not something that the city can solve independently, if the Futai Road overpass is built, the best solution is to dig a hole under the railway embankment to build a bridge, because the roadbed of the Futai Road level crossing is very high, and the slope of the bridge is too large to make use of traffic. Once it comes to the construction of the railway infrastructure, the consent of the railway must be obtained, and the construction team must also be appointed by the railway to ensure the safety of railway transportation.

Mayor Zhu said with great emotion: "The iron boss is the iron boss, this is not false at all, I have sent the comrades of the construction committee to the Songjiang Railway Branch several times to negotiate with them, hoping that they will agree to pay half of the cost and approve the project, but they have not talked to us about this issue at all after going to several times, a person in charge of their chief engineering office said that the railway bureau's five-year development plan does not have a project to build this overpass at all, and it is impossible to set up a special project for our Tongjiang City alone, even if Tongjiang City fully invests in it. Whether the project will be approved or not is uncertain. Because Tongjiang Station is one of the 38 major marshalling stations in the country, more than 3,000 marshalling business are handled every day, and no one can afford this responsibility due to the blockage of the marshalling station caused by the establishment of the overpass! (Note: Tongjiang Station was one of the 38 major marshalling stations in the country in 86 years, ranking 37th.) By 1994, due to the construction of several large marshalling stations across the country, it fell to 45th place, one of the 46 major marshalling stations in the country)

Mayor Zhu's purpose in looking for the old secretary was very clear, he knew that the old secretary's second son-in-law, Zuo Zheng, was the director of the Songjiang Railway Branch, and he wanted to ask the old secretary to do Zuo Zheng's work to promote this matter.

Zuo Jiang naturally knew that the railway was a system of its own, with its own public procuratorate, procuratorate, law, hospitals, schools, etc., like a small society, under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Railways and not under the jurisdiction of the local government, and because of the particularity of the railway industry, the local government had many requests for the railway, and over time it developed the problem of being the "iron boss" who was empty-eyed, and sometimes he simply ignored the requirements of the local government.

Zuojiang is very clear, Futai Road level crossing does have huge safety hazards, from now to 2000 before the completion of the Futai overpass, this crossing has no less than 100 traffic accidents, it alone caused casualties as many as 100 people, not at all like its name Futai Ankang, the crossing has become a man-eating tiger's mouth.

Among the more than 100 accidents that occurred later, Zuo Jiang was most impressed by three. The first was a truck with a heavy load that broke the railing when the crossing guards had lowered the railing, and was hit by a speeding train of goods, and the wreckage of the car knocked down the crossing guard house, the truck driver died on the spot, and a female guard in the crossing guard house was injured.

The second accident occurred on a Sunday of a "pair of pairs" that was considered a good day by the countrymen. On that day, there was a convoy of relatives through this crossing, after the vehicles in front passed through the crossing one after another, a small passenger car at the back of the convoy fell far away for some reason, at this time a train came to the crossing and began to put the railing, this small car in order to catch up with the front team in front of the railing before the crossing was rushed, the driver was in a hurry to rush under the improper manipulation and stopped on the line at once. In the face of the speeding train, the greeting staff on the car rushed to flee for their lives, the door was jammed by several people crowded together, although the train took emergency stop measures, how could it be too close, the tragedy still happened, 15 people on the car in addition to the 6 people who escaped, the rest of the 7 dead and 2 injured, the happy event instantly turned into a funeral.

The third accident occurred on a winter morning, when the air pressure was very low, the air was foggy, and the vision was particularly poor. A bus picking up and dropping off students approached the crossing in this situation, and the driver may have been sleepy at this time because he was playing cards too late at night, and directly broke the protective railing of the crossing and entered the line, colliding with the speeding train, causing a major traffic accident involving 67 primary school students.

This major traffic accident shocked the whole country, senior leaders have made important instructions, Futai overpass is in this context by Tongjiang City and Songjiang Railway Bureau respectively funded the construction, and the then director of Songjiang Railway became the country's first railway director to leave due to non-responsible off-road traffic accidents.

Zuo Jiang admires Zhu Jianguo, a mayor who has a long-term vision and is responsible for doing practical things, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. The bloody scenes, the painful lessons, made Zuo Jiang suddenly have the idea of helping him do this, since he was reborn, he must not let the tragedy of history repeat itself, it is not only a fresh life, but related to the happiness of many families!

Zuo Jiang found an opportunity to interject and said: "Uncle Zhu, it's a good thing to build an overpass, there are always accidents in that place, not long ago, my classmate's second aunt was hit by a train and died, if the overpass was built, these things would not have happened!" ”

As soon as Zhu Jianguo saw that his idea was approved by Zuo Jiang, he said happily: "Yes, Xiao Jiang, that's why Uncle came to the old secretary to help do your father's work!" ”

Zuo Jiang said with a smile: "Uncle Zhu, it's not difficult to do my father's job, and I will definitely be able to do it with my grandfather." Zuo Jiang saw that their grandfather was still thinking about it after talking for a long time, and he didn't agree to Mayor Zhu, for fear that he would not want to come forward to do his father's work, so he took it upon himself to agree for him first, and secretly pushed his grandfather.

Li Dalun looked up at him expressionlessly when he saw Zuo Jiang say this, then lowered his head and thought about it and said: "Xiao Zhu, there are indeed major safety hazards at this crossing, and if it is not thoroughly treated, it is likely that something big will happen in the future, so let's find a time to communicate with Xiao Jiang's father, as for whether it can be achieved or not, it is not up to me to control." ”

Zhu Jianguo couldn't help but glance at Zuo Jiang gratefully when he saw the old secretary agreeing to help, and then said to Li Dalun very excitedly: "Old secretary, thank you so much, I thank you on behalf of the 2.6 million people in the city!" ”

Li Dalun laughed when he heard it and said: "Xiao Zhu, you don't use the big hat of 2.6 million people to press me, this matter has to be done according to the procedure, I won't do anything that violates the regulations!" Although Li Dalun's tone was blaming, his expression was very gratified.

As soon as Zuo Jiang mentioned the procedure, he remembered the cumbersome procedures of the railway, so he said to Zhu Jianguo: "Uncle Zhu, you can't be too happy, even if my father agrees to this matter is just the beginning, the approval power of railway infrastructure is in the hands of the Railway Bureau, and the Railway Branch only has the right to suggest and apply, and my father can only help you apply to the Railway Bureau. ”

"Huh? There's so much more to say here! Mayor Zhu sighed in surprise.

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