Zhuhai is speeding up its construction of highways in a bid to become a traffic center in the western Pearl River Delta area.
The city will invest more than RMB14 billion ($2 billion) in 10 highway projects. The work will start this year and continue until 2012. These will service facilities like the acetate production center shown here.
Zheng Chaolong, director of the Zhuhai transportation bureau said, ‘The highways will link harbors, airports and checkpoints between Zhuhai and Macao, helping develop the city into an important transportation hub in the western PRD region.’
This year alone, the city has earmarked RMB3.7 billion for urban provincial highway projects.
The work is part of the provincial government’s plan to accelerate domestic consumption by speeding up infrastructure development.
China.com reported Zheng Chaolong as saying, ‘By next year, about 152 km of new highways will be added to the city’s current traffic network.’
He highlighted the importance of the proposed Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which will be started at the end of the year.