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zhang enbo, reporter of overview news

on september 14, a media reported that a large truck was charged 500 yuan for escort fees when it passed the yellow river bridge in binzhou, shandong, due to overload. there was only a handwritten receipt, and the account for the payment was also a personal account. on the morning of september 15, a reporter from zonglan news (reporting wechat: zlxwbl2023) called the binzhou municipal transportation bureau, and the staff said that the binzhou yellow river highway-railway bridge that the driver passed through was built by a joint-stock company, and is currently operated and charged by the company independently. at present, the investigation team set up by the binzhou municipal transportation bureau has intervened in the investigation.

according to media reports, the incident occurred on the evening of september 10. the truck driver said: "our vehicle is indeed a bit overwidth, and we also have an overlimit permit. if i don't pay 500 yuan, they won't let me go. they gave me a blank receipt (a handwritten receipt) and the stamp was not clear." the reporter reported the situation to the highway management section of the binzhou municipal transportation bureau. a staff member of the binzhou yellow river highway, railway and bridge investment co., ltd. replied: "because the vehicle was seriously overwidth and there were no escort measures, the staff told him that he could entrust our road maintenance vehicles to escort it and (let the driver) bear the 500 yuan escort fee. when he left at night, we couldn't print the invoice by machine and there was no one in the finance department. the road maintenance staff issued a receipt with our company's stamp." the reporter asked: "do you have a charging standard?" the staff member said: "the charging standard is determined by our company's management."

screenshot of media reports. (source: china traffic radio)

on the morning of september 15, a reporter from zonglan news contacted the binzhou municipal transportation bureau, and a staff member said that the driver did not cross the yellow river bridge on the g205 national highway as reported by the media, but the binzhou yellow river highway-railway bridge, which is some distance away. this bridge was built by a joint-stock company and is an investment attraction project. it is currently operated independently by the company and the transportation department conducts industry supervision. the staff member said that only tolls can be collected for crossing the bridge, and it is definitely inappropriate to charge escort fees, but this is the company's independent behavior, and the toll collectors are not road maintenance personnel from the transportation department. at present, the binzhou municipal transportation bureau has intervened in the investigation, and "an investigation team has been sent to the company today."

the staff member also said that the truck driver was suspected of driving over the limit and overloading, and the transportation department is jointly investigating with the traffic control department. "overloading and overloading requires approval from the competent department. we are verifying with the provincial department. if there is no license, it is illegal driving."

according to public reports, the binzhou yellow river highway-railway bridge adopts an upper and lower layer layout, with the upper layer being the highway and the lower layer being the railway. the total length of the railway bridge is 6,980 meters, and the total length of the highway bridge is 4,000 meters, which is a standard for a two-way four-lane first-class highway. the highway section of the bridge was opened to traffic on august 20, 2007, and the railway section was put into trial operation on september 29, 2009. the bridge is the first dual-use highway-railway bridge on the yellow river, and it is also the first dual-use highway-railway bridge project in shandong province that was invested and constructed by an enterprise using the bot method, with a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan. within 30 years after the bridge is officially opened to traffic, binzhou yellow river highway-railway bridge investment co., ltd. will be responsible for its operation and management. after the operation period expires, it will be directly transferred to the binzhou municipal government for operation and management.

zonglan news reporter found out from the qichacha platform that binzhou yellow river highway-railway bridge investment co., ltd. was established in 2004, with zheng as the legal person. its industries include railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing. its business scope includes the investment, construction, operation, toll collection, railway passenger and freight transportation (only for branch operations) of xiaoying-binzhou railway and yellow river highway-railway bridge.