Gradual lifting of lane rule

Beijing's Olympic lanes will gradually open to traffic, the Beijing municipal traffic management bureau said yesterday.

By next Thursday all lanes will be open. Yesterday, three lanes were opened, one of which connects the South Airport Expressway, it said

On Monday, most Olympic lanes on the Second and Fourth Ring roads will open. And on Thursday, the lanes connecting Dongzhimen bridge to Jianguomen bridge, and to the main expressway to the airport, will open.