Two Chinese provinces set ambitious plans

Plans are now well in hand in China's Hebei and Zhejiang Provinces to build new highway connections and boost transport infrastructure. In Hebei Province a total of 12 highway projects worth an impressive US$9.66 billion will commence in 2011. These new highways will add a total of 852km to the network of the province. In addition, the authorities in Hebei Province are detailing additional plans to continue to develop the highway network with a target set of 6,762km in total by the end of 2015.
March 5, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Plans are now well in hand in China's Hebei and Zhejiang Provinces to build new highway connections and boost transport infrastructure. In Hebei Province a total of 12 highway projects worth an impressive US$9.66 billion will commence in 2011. These new highways will add a total of 852km to the network of the province. In addition, the authorities in Hebei Province are detailing additional plans to continue to develop the highway network with a target set of 6,762km in total by the end of 2015.

Meanwhile in Zhejiang Province, the Wenzhou Communications Investment Group will benefit from a syndicated loan that will partly fund two road projects. The $4.77 billion loan will be used to build the Wenzhou section of Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou Expressway and the Wenzhou extension section Zhuji-Yongjia Expressway. The syndicated loan is led by the Bank of China along with the 2621 China Development Bank.
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