Deep-water port construction in progress
11/7/2003 15:10
Shanghai's international shipping center is well under construction on
two islands, Dayangshan and Xiaoyangshan, off the city's southeast coast in
Hangzhou Bay, today's Wen Hui Bao daily reported.
An investment of 3.45
billion yuan (US$17 million) has been put in the first phase construction of the
14.3-billion-yuan Yangshan Deep Water Port project, which started constriction
last June.
After completion, the first phase project is expected to open
service by the end of 2005.
After a year's construction, the first bridge has
advanced 3.6 kilometers with about 1.2 kilometers built over the sea. Workers
have also finished half of a man-made lake. However, the construction is
expected to advance faster as the bidding for the infrastructure construction
will soon start.
The port project includes the construction of a deep-water
port, a 31.8-kilometer cross-sea bridge and a new city for 500,000
residents.
At the center of the 90-square-meter Shanghai New Harbor City is a
man-made lake. Its 2.4 kilometer diameter makes it larger than Hangzhou's famous
West Lake.
Half the land of the city will be reclaimed from the East
Sea.
By 2005, the lake will be completed and the inner ring of the city will
be ready to host businesses and residents.
The city is designed for the
information technology era where people can work at home and very few workers
need to go to plans.
No industrial zone has been included the city's plan and
only one logistic hub and a free-trade zone will be built to serve the
port.
All buildings and facilities are being laid out in three rings. Public
service units and business buildings are arranged at the inner ring, while
people live in the outer ring. In between is a circle-shaped park, 500 meters in
width.
To save energy and protect environment, its public transportation is
mainly based on tram and rail transportation.
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