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China's Lin'an City plans to invest US$110.6 million on transport infrastructure projects in 2011.
February 29, 2012 Read time: 1 min
China's Lin'an City plans to invest US$110.6 million on transport infrastructure projects in 2011. This is an increase of 33% compared with the sum invested during 2010. Rural road and bridge projects in Lin'an will be prioritised, with further spending on safety improvements to 100km of rural roads. Among projects that will kick off in Lin'an in 2011 are the construction of Lin'an-Jinhua highway and the upgrades of provincial highway 14. Improvements will also be carried out on the link between provincial highway 15 and provincial highway 2 during 2011, while upgrades will be made to the Longgang-Yutiao stretch of provincial highway 18.

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