Chinese road construction works

New road construction work is being carried out in China.
Road Structures / August 6, 2021 30 seconds Read
By MJ Woof
China has seen an increase in road building and transport for the first half of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020 – image courtesy of © Neil Denize, Dreamstime.com
China has increased its spending on road construction and maintenance. Official figures show a 13.8% jump in road building for the period from January 2021 and June 2021 compared to the same period for 2020 according to data provided by China’s Ministry of Transport.

Spending on road building for the January 2021 to June 2021 grew to US$177.4 billion for China. Data from China’s Ministry of Transport also reveals that truck haulage payloads increased by 29% to 18.48 billion tonnes for the January 2021 to June 2021 period, compared with the same period in 2020. The biggest increase in tonnages transported were in Hubei Province, a jump of 204.9%.
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