On February 3, 2021, Zhangzhou City Transportation Work Conference was held. Zhangzhou will strive to start the construction of the control project for the reconstruction and expansion of the Shenhai Expressway Longhai-Zhao'an section, the Gulei Expressway branch line, the Zhangzhou branch line of the Yingxia Railway...In 2021, Zhangzhou will implement 40 transportation infrastructure construction projects , It is planned to complete an investment of 12 billion yuan to ensure a good start to the "14th Five-Year Plan". Among them, Zhangzhou railway construction plans to complete an investment of 2.6 billion yuan, expressway plans to complete an investment of 1.65 billion yuan, ordinary roads plan to complete an investment of 4.32 billion yuan, transportation yards (logistics park) plans to complete an investment of 2.08 billion yuan, and port and shipping construction plans to complete investment 1.35 billion yuan.

Shenhai Expressway Zhangzhou Section Project

The planned starting point for the reconstruction and expansion of the Zhangzhou Longhai-Zhaoan section of the Shenhai Expressway is at the Fujing bifurcation of the old Shenhai Expressway. The new section ends at Changshan, and the old road widening section ends at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong Province. The route length is about 145 kilometers. The speed is 120 kilometers per hour, and the estimated total investment is 22.7 billion yuan.

It is understood that after the completion of the Zhangzhou section of Shenhai Expressway, this section of expressway will be expanded from the original two-way 4-lane to two-way 6-8 lanes. The regional road network structure will be further optimized and perfected, and the existing Shenhai Expressway will be resolved. Problems such as poor, unable to meet the long-term traffic demand, and long detours through Zhangpu, Yunxiao and other places in Zhangzhou. Editor/He Yuting