BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The construction on 452 major transportation projects has begun in Central China's Hubei Province, with the total investment amounting to 54.68 billion yuan, according to chinanews.com.
The projects cover five construction categories including six expressway projects, 53 artery highway projects, seven water transportation projects, 19 logistic station projects, and 367 highway projects in rural area of Hubei.
The total investment will be allocated as 21.49 billion yuan in expressway projects, 20.33 billion yun in artery highway projects, 7.61 billion yuan in water transportation projects as well as 4.6 billion yuan in logistic stations projects.
It is noted that Hubei completed investment in fixed assets of highways and waterways totaling 106.86 billion yuan in 2018, up 9.2 percent year on year, accounting for 125.7 percent of the province's annual target of 2018.
In 2019, Hubei is expected to invest 90 billion yuan in fixed assets of highways and waterways, to build the province into a traffic demonstration zone in China, according to Zhu Hanqiao, head of Department of Transportation of Hubei Province. (Edited by Jiang Feifan)
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