China's Shanxi To Add 900 km New ExpresswayThe total length of expressway in north China's Shanxi Province is expected to reach nearly 1,340 kilometers by the end of 2005, the province's transportation authority said.This means that the province will build about 900 kilometers of expressways in the coming five years. The province has long suffered bad traffic conditions due to natural geographic reasons -- its first expressway was open to traffic only four years ago. By the end of last year, Shanxi had had about 450 kilometers of expressway, lagging far behind its neighboring provinces. According to the province's tenth five-year (2001--2005) plan, the construction of expressways will be on top of the province's work agendas. According to an official source, the construction of a 660-kilometer expressway linking the province's south to the north has recently been started. |
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