Guangzhou is to invest over 800 billion yuan in urban infrastructure construction while 70% of the money will be used in transportation. Other main tasks of urban infrastructure construction cover the following aspects: national information hub, power supply, municipal road network, municipal landscape and public service, according to Guangzhou Municipal Development Reform Commission. [1] The investment to transportation is 554.8 billion yuan in total, among which the investment to Inter-city rail transit accounts for 40%. According to Pearl River Delta Inter-City Rail Transit Planning (2009 Version), the following inter-city rails have already been under construction:
Aimed at connecting the main Pearl River cities and forming a basice skeleton of the inter-city rail transit system, the following lines are among the planning:
The inter-city rails include ordinary rails and high speed rails. Aviation, ports, railway and expressway are main tasks of transportation as well. [2] News Resource: [1] gddpc [2] urban planning online |