Project Construction
Beijing-Tianjin high-speed train
Construction:
July 4, 2005, to end of 2007
Trial runs: Early 2008
Opening: August 1, 2008
Cost:
12.3 billion yuan ($1.6 b)
Total length:
117 km
Travel time:
29 minutes
Special feature:
Railway lines are built on raised pylons to pass over Beijing's main roads
Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital International Airport
Contruction:
March 28, 2004, to 2007
Trial runs:
February 2008
Cost:
16.7 billion yuan ($2.1 b)
Special features:
The world's biggest terminal to date; it will facilitate a 15-minute train ride to the downtown area
Beijing Olympics special lanes
Total length:
More than 200 km
Travel time:
Less than 30 minutes from Olympic Village and media center to Olympic venues
Special feature:
Three expressways linking the downtown area and the airport
New expressways
Total length:
More than 100 km to be built in 2007, another 260 km expected by 2010
Cost:
40 billion yuan ($5,28b)
Sign boards
Total number:
More than 6,500 boards to be replaced and rewritten throughout the city
Cost:
More then 10 million yuan ($1.3m)
(China Daily 08/08/2007 page40)
