I'm an elf mayor in the real world

Chapter 36 Langqi Highway Construction Plan
Due to the long round trip, the site selection team of Banyan Agricultural University stayed overnight at Langqi Guest House.

This guest house belongs to Langqi Town Alliance.

It is also the only facility in Langqi Town that provides accommodation, catering and other services.

Fortunately, the guest house is clean and tidy, and the food is fresh seafood of the day, so it does not mean that we are neglecting the guests.

On the morning of the next day, accompanied by Chen Xizhou, the site selection team completed the original plan of a week around Langqi Island and selected several scenic places as alternative school sites.

The final decision still requires the site selection team to return to Banyan Agricultural University for a meeting and discussion.

The horse lambs adopted by Principal Lan and the doctors were also loaded into the transport truck and sent to Rong Agricultural University by Lin Fengyun.

Before leaving, Principal Lan took Chen Xizhou's hand and walked aside:
"Mayor Chen, Langqi Town's infrastructure must be a top priority. We will implement the new campus of Rong Agricultural University as soon as possible. We hope that when the school moves next year, Langqi Town will have a completely new look."

Principal Lan nodded, and Chen Xizhou also understood what he meant.

The relocation of Banyan Agricultural University will not only allow Langqi Town to obtain a large amount of land transfer fees, but will also bring a considerable wave of investment to Langqi Town.

Whether or not this wealth can be caught depends entirely on the operation of the alliance between Chen Xizhou and Langqi Town.

As the old saying goes, if you want to get rich, build the road first.

The current road mileage in Langqi Town simply cannot meet the normal needs of a township.

Therefore, Langqi Town’s next plan must be to build roads!
Generally, highways are funded and constructed by highway authorities at all levels, such as the Alliance Transportation Headquarters, provincial transportation departments, lower transportation bureaus, etc.

Every year, the alliance headquarters has a certain amount of road construction funds, and each department reports and applies for funds for construction according to its own situation.

Langqi Town does not have its own transportation department.

Therefore, this matter still needs to be handled personally by the mayor Chen Xizhou.

If you want to build a road on Langqi Island, you must first understand the specific conditions of Langqi Island.

Due to the drastic changes in the New Calendar, Langqi Island is now 76.5 kilometers long from east to west and 42.2 kilometers wide from north to south. The island area reaches 2341 square kilometers and the coastline is 192 kilometers long.

This area is equivalent to the size of the first two Chongming Islands in the New Year.

After several days of frequent meetings and discussions, the road construction in Langqi Town in the first year of the New Year was finally planned.

The first is the renovation of Langqi Island Ring Road.

The existing road around the island is just the most common road. Although it is repaired every year, it is still bumpy and full of potholes.

Therefore, Chen Xizhou decided to build this ring-island highway according to expressway standards and build a new ring-island expressway.

Secondly, an inner ring road will be built based on Langqi Avenue.

This inner ring road is still constructed in accordance with expressway standards and will also be a reference for Langqi Town’s transportation planning in the future.

Finally, there are two intersecting roads that traverse the east, west, north, and south of Langqi Island.

The construction of this highway is very difficult because it not only lacks the road foundation of the first two highways, but also needs to cross the central Langqi Mountains.

The funds required for road construction will also be astronomical.

Chen Xizhou roughly calculated that the planned number of kilometers for this road construction is 450 kilometers.

Based on the average construction cost of 3000 million yuan per kilometer, the construction funds required for this plan are 135 billion alliance coins.

The moment he saw this number, Chen Xizhou lost his enthusiasm for applying for highway construction funds from higher authorities.

Financial allocation is unlikely based on the current situation of Langqi Town, so Chen Xizhou will not consider it.

Now it seems that the only way to apply for a loan is from Alliance Bank.

However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Chen Xizhou still completed a "Langqi Town Road Construction Project Fund Application Report."

The next day, Chen Xizhou was almost kicked out when he went to the Rongcheng City Transportation Bureau with this report.

It’s not that the Rongcheng City Transportation Bureau cannot allocate this amount.

In fact, as the provincial capital, Rongcheng City has very sufficient funds for road construction every year. The allocation of large amounts of highway construction funds is generally planned and arranged by the municipal alliance development and reform department.

Nearly 150 billion yuan in highway construction funds were allocated to a poor town whose annual fiscal revenue ranks at the bottom of the city. The director of the Rongcheng City Transportation Bureau said that I will not bear the blame.

"I really can't help you with this matter. Mayor Chen, you have to go to the Development and Reform Department of the Municipal Alliance, or you can go directly to Mayor Wu. The Transportation Bureau can't make the decision here."

After being rejected by the Director of the Transportation Bureau, Chen Xizhou did not give up immediately.

He tried a trip to the Municipal Alliance Development and Reform Department.

There is good news and bad news.

The good news is that the Ministry of Development and Reform did not explicitly reject Chen Xizhou’s application.

The bad news is that the Ministry of Development and Reform told Chen Xizhou about the two-and-a-half-year development plan for Rongcheng City. None of these development plans included anything related to Langqi Town.

Chen Xizhou understood that the other party was trying to save face for himself, so he politely rejected him in the form of pushback.

However, he still patiently introduced the next development direction of Langqi Town and the development prospects of the elf industry to Minister Zheng of the Ministry of Development and Reform.

The other party had only one sentence:

"Even if Rongcheng City wants to develop the elf industry, it must choose a more advantageous area for development. This area can be Rongcheng City, Yurong City, or Changyi City. Why does it have to be your Langqi Town?"

Yes, why does it have to be Langqi Town?

Chen Xizhou understood Minister Zheng's considerations very well, because even if he sat in the position of Minister of Development and Reform, this opportunity would be reserved for regions with greater advantages.

The Ministry of Development and Reform has no chance.

As for the Director of the Transportation Bureau's suggestion of directly contacting Mayor Wu, Chen Xizhou simply ignored it.

Now it seems that Langqi Town can only apply for a loan from Alliance Bank.

Chen Xizhou suddenly felt a little dizzy.

The advantages of loans from alliance institutions include high credit ratings, stable repayment capabilities, and clear loan purposes.

Among these advantages, the most important thing for banks is the stable repayment ability.

Chen Xizhou made a rough estimate.

According to the fiscal revenue level of Langqi Town in previous years, without considering any financial expenditure, the principal of the 145 billion loan will take Langqi Town 30 years to repay.

30 years is a time premised on no financial expenditure and only consideration of principal repayment.

When applying for a loan with qualifications like Langqi Town, no matter which bank you go to, you need to think carefully and think again.

Thinking of this, Chen Xizhou couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.

Fortunately, Langqi Town also has two advantages: Langqi Dairy Industry and the upcoming Rong Agricultural University. However, these require a certain period of fermentation to take effect.

It seems that we can only proceed step by step.

Chen Xizhou made another trip to the Municipal Transportation Bureau and the Ministry of Development and Reform, and successfully obtained a financial allocation of 1.5 billion highway construction funds.

With this financial allocation, the construction of the inner ring road can begin first.

"In fact, it is not necessary that all the funds are in place. As long as there is part of the start-up funds, the project can start first."

You Qin's suggestion opened up a new idea for Chen Xizhou.

However, even with this method, Langqi Town still needs to apply for a huge loan from the bank.

Alliance credibility is a very important thing.

Chen Xizhou does not want the Langqi Town he manages to be criticized in any way during its development...

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