South China's Guangdong
Province plans to spend 290 billion yuan (about US$36 billion)
on building 25,000-km highways, including 2,000 km of expressways,
in the coming five years, according to the provincial communication
authorities.
Upon completion, the planned projects will bring the total
length of the province's highways that open to traffic to 140,000
km, including 5,000 km of expressways, by the end of 2010.
This year, Guangdong will invest 33.25 billion yuan in highway
construction. A total of 298 km of expressway is expected to be
built within the year.
According to the plan, by the end of 2010, an expressway network
hubs covering Guangzhou and Shenzhen cities will be completed.
Guangdong Province will be linked with each neighboring province
with at least two expressways and high-grade highways will link all
the province's cities, counties and rural areas together.
By the end of last year, Guangdong had 115,000 km of highways
that opened to traffic, including 3,140 km of expressways, which
ranked the second in China. The density of highways reached 64.78
km for per hundred square kilometers in the area.
(Xinhua News Agency January 24, 2006)
