Workers are accelerating the construction of a wharf in Heping village of Pingtan county in order to make sure it will become operational next month, Pingtan Times reported on July 11.

A wharf is being built in Heping village of Pingtan county, July 6. [Photo/pingtan.gov.cn]

The ground has been hardened, and the laboratory and living zone have been completed. The main tasks left are construction of berths, a mixing station as well as a steel member processing plant, according to the project director.

The wharf is being built for transporting construction materials for bridges nearby.

Four bridges will be constructed for the Pingtan section of the Fuzhou-Pingtan high-speed railway.

Background: Fuzhou-Pingtan Railway

Construction of the Fuzhou-Pingtan Railway – which will link the capital city of Fuzhou and the island county of Pingtan in Fujian province – began on Oct 31.

The line stretches 88.4 kilometers, with a designed speed of 160 km per hour (Fuzhou-Fuzhou South) and 200 km per hour (Fuzhou South to Pingtan), a passenger capacity of 50 million and cargo capacity of 15 million tons.

The railway project – with a total accrued investment reaching 26.8 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) – is expected to take over five years.