NEWS IN BRIEF

• 来源期刊: 中国西藏：英文版
• 学科: 政治法律
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（6）
• 页码范围: 47-47
• 页数: 1页
• 分类号: D67

摘要

Road for Gonggar AirportThe Central Government has approved construction of the "two bridges and one tunnel" project which is expected to shorten the 98-km distance from Lhasa to Gonggar Airport to 53 km. As a result, the travel shall be shortened from 90 minutes to 50 minutes.Construction of the project shall consume 6.5 billion Yuan in investment.The two bridges refer to the 1,594-rneter-long Lhasa River Bridge and the 3,797-meter-long Yarlung Zangbo River Bridge. Both are of the extra large type in Tibet.The one tunnel refers to the Shierong Tunnel that cuts through the mountain by 2,426 meters.The new road will extend 13.282 km. It will be a second class one by the Chinese standard. It is expected to meet Tibet’s need for economic construction in the 10-15-year period. It is expected to be built at the end of 2004.