Shenzhen, China road and underwater tunnel project in 2015

Construction work is commencing for 10 major transport infrastructure projects in China’s Shenzhen Province. The most impressive of these projects will be the building of the 8km undersea road tunnel,. Costing US$1.54 billion, the Mawan Cross-Sea Passage represents a major engineering challenge and is expected to take three years to complete. The projects being carried out also include the upgrade of Yueliangwan Boulevard (which includes a new viaduct), improvements to the Meiguan Expressway and building an

A US$557.15 million (CNY 3.45bn) project to build Shenzhen, China’s longest tunnel will start before the end of this year. Due for completion in 2015, the 7.5km tunnel will connect Yantian District and the Pingshan New Area. The Pingyan Passage connecting the two areas will have two flyovers and three bridges, including the tunnel. An 80km/h speed limit will be imposed on the six-lane route. The $629.82 million (CNY 3.9bn) 11.3km long Pingyan Passage will shorten driving time to 10 minutes. The passage will

Montenegrin Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs has reported that a total of EUR 388mn (USD 447.53mn) has been secured for construction of 16 tunnels on the Bar-Boljare motorway.

China's Inner Mongolia region plans to invest US$10.42 billion (CNY 65 billion) in road construction in 2014. The road projects will span over a combined 15,000km, with highways accounting for 1,990km of that. The seven cities in the west of the region plan to complete a road investment of $6.7 billion (CNY 41 billion), covering a total length of 7,000km. Meanwhile, the earmarked two-year construction of the Beijing section of the Beijing-Taipei Expressway is expected to start within 2014. The 120km/h limi