Public Consultation for New International Airport Hub

07/02/2017

The new airport to be built in Zhanjiang is designed to be an airline hub in western Guangdong province. [Photo/zjphoto.yinsha.com]

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Transport plans for Zhanjiang International Airport await public review. [Photo/zjphoto.yinsha.com]

The plans and layout for western Guangdong's international airport were put out to public consultation on Dec 28, inviting opinions and suggestions for the future hub.

The consultation period of one month, allows any member of the public to comment and offer advice on the convenience, feasibility, and outlook of the overall planning.

The new airport, to be sited at Heshan village, Tangzhui town in Zhanjiang's Wuchuan, a place between Zhanjiang and Maoming, is planned to serve these two cities, along with Yangjiang and Yunfu in western Guangdong.

The overall plan blueprints the airport as a comprehensive transport hub, connecting inter-city rail, expressways such as the Shantou-Zhanjiang Expressway, as well as forming an efficient internal traffic system.

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According to the plan, the airport will as a base for air logistics, aviation support services, and trade and commerce, the development of which will be given top priority.

Industries hoped to be developed alongside the airport will include new technology, high-end manufacturing equipment, food processing, and aviation manufacturing.

In its first year, the airport, occupying a total area of about 165 square kilometers, is expected to bring in 15 billion yuan ($2 billion) in economic aggregate. The government said it is trying its best to push the project, hoping to complete the construction by 2019.

​The plans were drawn up by the Zhanjiang Urban Planning Bureau after the provincial call for the developing of the airport economy during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).


Originally, CHINA GUANGDONG

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