据报导:交通部将分三个层次解决西部公路交通问题,用20年左右的时间使西部地区的公路交通发生根本性变化。目前西部公路建设现状与东部差距很大。1999年东部地区公路建设总投资1128.8亿元,占当年全国公路建设总投资2157.3亿元的52.3%,而西部地区公路建设总投资460.7亿元,占全国的21.3%,只相当于东部的 It is reported that the Ministry of Communications will solve the problem of road traffic in the west in three levels and will make fundamental changes to the road traffic in the western region in about 20 years. At present, there is a wide gap between the present status of western highway construction and the east. In 1999, the total investment in road construction in the eastern part of the country was 112.88 billion yuan, accounting for 52.3% of the total investment in national road construction of 215.73 billion yuan in that year, while the total investment in highway construction in the western region was 46.07 billion yuan, accounting for 21.3% of the national total, only equivalent to the eastern