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A new 30km highway is planned for Lanzhou in China’s Gansu Province. The East-West highway will cost some US$263 million to build and is being constructed on a build-transfer basis. West Zhongda Construction Group has the contract for the deal, which is reported to have a buy-back period of six years.
April 24, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A new 30km highway is planned for Lanzhou in China’s Gansu Province. The East-West highway will cost some US$263 million to build and is being constructed on a build-transfer basis. West Zhongda Construction Group has the contract for the deal, which is reported to have a buy-back period of six years.

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