www.chinabuses.org : Reporter learned form the transportation department of Tibet, in 2013, ￥22 billion will be invested into the construction of traffic infrastructure, of which, ￥ 12 billion will be for planned construction, the remainder ￥ 10 billion will be for unplanned construction. More than 5000 km of new highway will be added.

Tashi Jiangcuo, head of transportation department of Tibet, introduced that first-class highway linking Lhasa with Nyingchi will start construction this year; the works to transform the old highways linking Lhasa with Tsedang, Shigatse, Nagchu will start construction, which will be upgraded to expressways.

Tashi Jiangcuo also said that 194 “Tongda” projects will be initiated in rural areas this year, 258 administrative villages will be accessible through highway, 99.14% of administrative villages will be highway-linked. Also, 69 “Tongchang” projects will commence in rural areas, connecting 247 administrative villages as well as 83 townships to highways, realizing 18.61% of villages and 60.84% of townships highway-accessible.

In terms of passenger transportation, ￥11 million will be put into constructing 4 county-level passenger stations; ￥ 39 million will be invested to commence the construction of freight stations in Shannan, Nyingchi; 275 rural passenger transportation lines will be developed to implement the preferential policy and promote passenger transportation in rural areas.

Tibe twill keep on investing heavily on traffic infrastructure construction in the years ahead. As shown in the ‘ Highway Transportation Development Plan of Tibetduring the Twelveth Five Year Period’, the investment in highway transportation development in Tibet will total ￥ 46.174 billion, which is 1.78 times the number of the 11th five year period.

Source : www.chinabuses.org

Editor : dennis

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