如果说青岛海湾大桥的建成是山东交通运输基础建设史上一颗亮丽的热子,那“十一五”期间整个山东省交通运输的大发展则是建设者们筹划缜密的一盘棋。山东省五大区域发展规划,都把公路作为基础性、先导性产业纳入了总体发展框架。交通运输在为保持全省经济平稳较快增长、改善民生、增加就业等方面作出重要贡献的同时,也迎来了历史性的发展机遇。 If the completion of the Qingdao Bay Bridge is a bright spot in the history of transportation infrastructure in Shandong Province, the great development of transportation in Shandong Province during the 11th Five-Year Plan period was a matter of constructive planning by builders. The five major regional development plans in Shandong Province all take the highway as a basic and leading industry into the overall development framework. While transportation has made important contributions to maintaining steady and rapid economic growth in the province, improving people’s livelihood and increasing employment, it also ushered in historic opportunities for development.