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| China launches super-dooper-expressway program |
| 2004-12-20 |
| China's leaders have approved a plan to develop a national super-highway system, the official Xinhua news agency reported Sunday. The ambitious new program was approved on Friday at an executive meeting of China's State Council chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao, Xinhua said. The meeting passed in principle a plan for the construction of China's national expressway network, it said. Details of the plan were not disclosed, but participants told the news agency that the meeting decided construction of the network must conform with China's economic and social development. It also had to take into account regional development, urban and rural development and population distribution, the news agency said. "Advanced technology and materials should be used to improve construction quality and cut cost," an official announcement said. China's expressway construction has embarked on fast track expansion over the past decade, Xinhua said. By the end of 2003, China had opened to traffic more than 17,800 miles of expressway, ranking second in the world behind only the United States. China now has expressways linking the northeast, north, east and south of the country, the news agency said. Copyright 2004 by United Press International |
| Posted by:.com |
| #10 nobody was an "activist" then, they were "gadflys" and "the asshole down the street" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-20 9:43:17 PM |
| #9 Eisenhower started the Interstate Defense Highway program after he saw how good the German autobans were. The Pennsylvania Turnpike was opened in October 1940 after two years of construction including the excavation of 7 tunnels totalling approximately 7 miles in length. Nothing gets built that fast today. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-20 9:36:39 PM |
| #8 hybrids, nahhhh good old choking pollution, after all, they're exempt from Kyoto |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-20 9:29:57 PM |
| #7 I bet they don't even know what a "Chinese Fire Drill" is, heh. Shotgun! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-20 8:31:02 PM |
| #6 1. What's the speed limit? 2. What's the price of Premium unleaded? 3. Do any of them run along the Great Wall? Road Trip! |
| Posted by: jackal 2004-12-20 8:26:52 PM |
| #5 Eisenhower started the Interstate Defense Highway program after he saw how good the German autobans were. Ike had the picture way before he saw Germany. He led an Army mechanized unit in the first cross continent trip. Makes for a hell of a story. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-20 11:10:18 AM |
| #4 Interestingly enough, many of these are toll roads. This is not your father's Communist Party. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-12-20 11:07:28 AM |
| #3 Large expressways are also a effective ways to move military forces. Eisenhower started the Interstate Defense Highway program after he saw how good the German autobans were. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-12-20 8:22:15 AM |
| #2 I wonder how many bicycle lanes there'll be... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-20 5:15:25 AM |
| #1 Good! The more time, money and people China devotes to road building, the less they will have to get in trouble with. Too, better roads lead to more trade, which leads to more jobs, which will keep the excess of young men too busy to realize they'll never have wives. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-12-20 2:24:50 AM |