Anshun City is stepping up efforts to build public parking facilities.

With the rapid increase in private car ownership, urban parking has become a pressing issue. In recent years, our city has included the construction of public parking facilities in the municipal government’s plans for several consecutive years. “Ten practical measures” are being implemented, with ongoing efforts to accelerate development; this year’s target is to add 1,000 non‑on‑street public parking spaces in the main urban area. On August 2, a reporter visited the Municipal Citizen Service Center and Convention & Exhibition Center to assess the progress of public parking‑lot construction.

Upon entering the underground area, one can see that the two-level parking garage has already taken shape; the main structural work is complete, and workers are now installing the ancillary facilities. According to officials from the Xixiu District Urban Management Bureau, the project commenced this year… Construction commenced in February, with a total floor area of 40,000 square meters and a total investment of RMB 170 million. As of the end of June, RMB 110 million had been invested, and the overall project progress stands at approximately 70%. The remaining work involves completing fire safety, ventilation, waterproofing, painting, and line-marking tasks. The facility is expected to be operational by year-end, at which point it will offer more than 1,000 parking spaces.

According to the Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources, in order to further enhance our city’s image as a civilized tourist destination, improve urban parking infrastructure, and elevate residents’ quality of life, this year, in addition to the municipal government… In addition to the 1,000 new non‑on‑street public parking spaces in the main urban area arranged and allocated under the “Ten Facts” initiative, the Economic Development Zone has also completed a multi‑storey parking facility at the No. 302 Hospital with 260 spaces and 40 surface parking spaces in Songqi Pingzhai New Village, both of which were officially put into service at the beginning of the year.

In On the left side just inside the entrance of Hospital 302, two striking five‑story steel‑frame automated parking structures immediately catch the eye. Vehicles arriving at the hospital follow the directional signage to pull up in front of the parking facilities, where staff guide drivers to park their cars in designated spaces. By operating the control buttons on the central column, vehicles can move vertically and horizontally between levels according to their needs.

“I’ve never used a garage like this before, so I’m still getting used to operating it. But it’s really convenient—back when I came to the hospital, I’d circle around several times just to find a spot. Now, with this multi‑level parking structure, we’re getting five times the capacity on the same footprint, which makes things much easier for us,” said Xie Yun, a local resident visiting a family member at Hospital 302.

It is reported that, in accordance with the province’s unified planning and deployment, this year’s target for constructing new parking spaces allocated to the entire city of Anshun is as follows: A total of 2,500 parking spaces are being developed; in addition to Xixiu District and the Economic Development Zone, all counties and districts in our city are actively advancing this initiative. Key projects include: 200 parking spaces in the urban area of Pingba District; 100 public parking spaces on Daxing East Road in Puding County; a project to construct 120 underground parking spaces at Xiaoguanshan Urban Square in Puding County; Phase I of the underground parking facility at the new government building in Zhenning Autonomous County, with 300 spaces; a supporting parking‑space project at the 2018 relocation site for poverty alleviation in Wufeng Subdistrict, Ziyun Autonomous County, providing 158 spaces; a public parking‑space construction project at the Yongning Ice and Snow Town tourist site in Guanling Autonomous County, with 200 spaces; and a public parking‑space construction project at the entrance to the Huangguoshu Scenic Area, comprising 247 spaces, among others.

According to reports, the city plans to invest this year… More than 240 million yuan has been allocated to plan and construct 2,672 parking spaces, of which 927 have already been completed and put into use. The remaining parking spaces are expected to be fully completed by the end of December this year.