East China’s Jiangsu province will invest 170 billion yuan on 18 major transportation infrastructure projects in 2021, up 8% year on year, according to a provincial meeting on transportation work held Wednesday in Nanjing.
In 2021, Jiangsu will give priority to the development of cross-river integrated development, aviation development and the improvement of the multi-level rail transit system to make up for the weaknesses in high-speed rail, aviation, Yangtze River bridges, and intercity rail.
Jiangsu will speed up the construction of the intercity high-speed rail on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the Nanjing-Huai’an intercity high-speed rail, and the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed rail while priority will be given to the construction of the metropolitan intercity rail and the suburban railroad, and the construction of the high-speed rail on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo high-speed rail, and the Yanzhou-Taizhou-Wuxi-Yixing high-speed rail.
Efforts will be made to accelerate the formation of a 1-hour commuter network in Nanjing and between Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou.
Four bridges will be built across the Yangtze River to ease the traffic congestion and promote integrated development on both banks.
Efforts will be made to increase the air transportation capacity by building the Lianyungang port and the general airports in Liyang and Jinhu.
Wuxi, Xuzhou, and Changzhou airports will be renovated and expanded, the air cargo network in the province will be improved, and the construction of Huai'an Cargo Airport and Nanjing International Mail Integrated Core Port will be accelerated.
