On the 28th, the reporter learned from the Hunan Provincial Highway Affairs Center that this year Hunan will complete the construction of four expressways—Hengyong, Yongling, Yuanchen, and Bainan—and begin new expansion projects including the Changzhu and Zhulei sections of the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, further improving Hunan's highway network.

In 2023, Hunan completed and opened to traffic four expressways—Baixin, Jingli, Zhitong, and Guanxin—totaling 200 kilometers, bringing the total expressway mileage to 7,530 kilometers and the number of inter-provincial corridors to 29. A total of 28 pairs of expressway service areas were upgraded and renovated, and 1,389 charging parking spaces were built cumulatively, achieving full coverage of service areas. This year, the province's annual planned investment in expressways is 55 billion yuan; new expansion projects including the Changzhu and Zhulei sections of the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway will begin construction, with 32 projects under construction totaling 2,200 kilometers, and four expressway projects—Hengyong, Yongling, Yuanchen, and Bainan—totaling 261 kilometers are planned for completion.

In terms of ordinary highways, in 2023 Hunan completed investment of 10.84 billion yuan in ordinary national and provincial roads and 17.56 billion yuan in rural roads, of which 332 kilometers of ordinary national and provincial road projects were completed, and 5,790 kilometers of rural road upgrades and renovations and 7,118 kilometers of safety facilities were completed.