“西部大开发战略”实施5年来,贵州省公路交通基础设施建设步伐不断加快,取得了突破性的进展。截至2 0 0 3年年底,全省公路通车里程达4465 5 km,比1 999年前增加了1 0 682 km,公路密度为每百平方公里2 5 .3km。长期以来,交通基础设施的严重滞后,成为制约贵州省经济发展的一个“ In the five years since the “Western Development Strategy” was implemented, the pace of road traffic infrastructure construction in Guizhou Province has been accelerating and a breakthrough has been achieved. By the end of 2003, the total mileage of highways in the province reached 4465 5 km, an increase of 1,068 km compared with that before 1999, and the density of roads was 25.3 km per 100 km 2. For a long time, the serious lag of traffic infrastructure has become a constraint to the economic development of Guizhou Province, a "