The reporter learned from the Fujian Provincial Expressway Construction Headquarters that, to implement the decisions and arrangements for scientific development and leapfrog development, Fujian Province will advance the implementation of 15 “13th Five-Year Plan” expressway projects, with a construction length of 783 kilometers and a total investment of about 80 billion yuan. Among them, 7 projects totaling 365 kilometers are planned to start construction this year, and the remaining 8 projects will start construction next year.
 
At present, 5 projects totaling 288 kilometers have started construction, including the Zhangzhou Tianbao to Longyan Jiaoyang capacity expansion project of the Xiamen-Chengdu Expressway and the Anxi section, Youxi section, Shaxian section of the Xiamen-Shaxian Expressway, and the Dehua section of the Xiamen-Shaxian Expressway; preparations before construction are being stepped up for 2 projects totaling 77 kilometers, the Fuding to Zherong section and the Fu'an to Zhangwan section of the Shenhai Expressway duplicate line, to ensure that construction starts within the year.
 
In addition, preliminary work is being accelerated for 8 projects totaling 418 kilometers, including Shunchang to Shaowu, Changle Qiantang to Fuqing Zhuangqian, the Pingnan to Gutian connecting line, the Quanzhou section of the Quanzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou Urban Alliance Road, the Fujian section of Zhangzhou to Meizhou, Yongding to Shanghang, the Yongtai Wutong to Youxi Zhongxian section of the Puyan Line, and the Shacheng Bay sea-crossing channel project, with efforts to start construction next year.