Work has started on a land reclamation project in Shenzhen, a
special economic zone in south China's Guangdong Province, local government sources
announced on Thursday.
Over the next five years, the city plans to invest six billion
yuan (US$759 million) in the project, which is expected to create
13.78 square kilometers of land, the sources said.
The first phase involves the construction of an embankment that
will take 18 months to build at a cost of 400 million yuan (US$50.6
million). Sixteen highways will also be built with a combined
length of 29.3 kilometers.
The project is scheduled for completion in 2010.?
(Xinhua News Agency September 21, 2006)
