Recently, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Transportation jointly organized a review meeting in Nanjing for the feasibility study reports of three engineering projects: the Suzhou Heshan Bridge section waterway regulation project of the Sunan Canal, the Heshan Bridge reconstruction project, and the Changqiao Bridge reconstruction project.
　　The attending representatives and experts listened to reports on the preparation and consultation of the feasibility study reports for the three projects. They considered that the Feasibility Study Reports contain complete data, sufficient analysis and argumentation, and content and depth that meet the requirements; that the engineering construction standards and scale are reasonable; that the main construction plans are generally reasonable and feasible; and that the investment estimates comply with relevant regulations. They unanimously agreed to pass the review.
　　The Suzhou section of the Sunan Canal is 81.5 kilometers long. After years of continuous regulation, it has now reached the Grade III waterway standard and can accommodate 1,000-tonne vessels. Implementing the "Three-to-Two" (Grade III to Grade II) Suzhou section project of the Sunan Canal is an important measure to tap the resource capacity and high-quality shoreline resources of the areas along the Yangtze River in Jiangsu and to achieve growth in freight volume and improvement in freight quality in the Suzhou area. It is also an important initiative to smooth the north-south waterway artery of the Yangtze River Delta region and achieve high-quality development of water transport.
　　The smooth passage of the feasibility study report review for these three projects marks key progress in the preliminary work of the "Three-to-Two" Suzhou section project of the Sunan Canal and lays a solid foundation for the project to subsequently obtain feasibility study approval from the Provincial Development and Reform Commission. In the next stage, the Suzhou transportation authorities will, in accordance with the spirit of the meeting, further revise and improve the feasibility study reports and accelerate the transformation of the beautiful blueprint into vivid reality.