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Tibet highway increased by 2,069 km in 2012 (2)

By Lucy Qin (China Tibet Online)

12:50, January 29, 2013

Photo shows the bridge highway in the mountains near Ranwu Lake. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Among all the 257,800 vehicles in the whole region, there are 20,000 commercial vehicles to operate 365 passenger transport routes.

So far, 9.705 billion yuan (about US$1.56 billion) of fixed-asset investment in transportation infrastructure has been completed, increased by 20.60 percent.

Among all the investment, 4.521 billion yuan (about $0.73 billion) has been invested into the rural road construction, covering 411 villages with highways and 15 towns with asphalt roads.

Altogether 772 million yuan (about $124 million) has been regulated to launch the construction of highway to temples; and therefore, 1,810.79km highway leading to temples has been completed. There are 59 highway projects under construction, 31 contuning projects, 28 newly-commenced projects and 11 completed projects.

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