Key Chinese highway being planned

Plans are in hand in China for construction of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor road project. This massive project is expected to cost in the region of US$4.8 billion to construct. The environmental impact report and design proposal for the project has been released by the Guangdong Provincial Transport Department. The feasibility report should be complete by March 2013 and this is expected to receive its approval by June 2014. When it is complete, the highway will connect Zhongshan's Xinlong Flyover, Shenzhen's Bao'an District and Xixiang's Huanghe Flyover and will feature four lanes in either direction. Construction is expected to commence in 2015 and should be completed by 2012. The planned route also incorporates 19 bridges in all with a total length of  42.7km, as well as a tunnel measuring 6.7km long.