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October 21, 2009, Wednesday
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CANAL New City, on the Grand Canal of China, will provide tourism, shopping malls, a commercial hub and residential areas. Ground-breaking is expected next fall. Tan Weiyun reports. Canal New City will rise along the banks of the Grand Canal of China in Hangzhou.
The project is scheduled to begin next October and will create neighborhoods along the canal banks, shopping malls and commercial hubs.
An ecological island will be built and a Metro line will run nearby, connecting residential areas with shopping and commercial areas.
The whole project will cover around 7.3 square kilometers and cost 12.4 billion yuan (US$1.8 billion). About 100,000 people are expected to relocate to the new city.
The completion date has not been fixed.
The Grand Canal of China is the world's longest man-made canal, running 1,794 kilometers from the country's capital city of Beijing to Hangzhou. Not all sections are navigable.
It was completed during the Sui Dynasty (AD 581?618).
Plans call for extending the Hangzhou section to the Raocheng Highway in the north, Shixiang Road in the south, Gongkang Road in the east and Juzhou Road in the west. The blueprint shows that the south-north Grand Canal is the axis, and functional zones are placed around it.
Part of the Banshan (Half Hill) Power Plant will be transformed into neighborhoods and a huge oil refinery will be relocated.
"One axis and two river banks can best describe the project," says Wang Guoping, Hangzhou's Party secretary. "We will build a new city center in Hangzhou's northern side making it a new complex including tourism, shopping, residences and commerce."
The axis passes through the ecological island center at the junction of the canal and the Hanggang River, near the extension of the Shangtang Highway.
The narrow ecological island to be built will feature sports fields, recreational centers, clubs and conference halls.
A bridge is planned to span the island and reach the two riverbanks.
The Canal New City covers the areas of Kangqiao, Xiangfu, Beizhan and Banshan, home to many old factories and warehouses built in the early 1960s.
They include the Hangzhou Oil Refinery, Banshan Power Plant, Sanliyang Warehouse, Hangzhou Trading Fair of Grain and Oil, and Hangzhou Logistics Base for goods produced in Zhejiang Province.
The blueprint for Canal New City calls for a face-lift for some old buildings, to be renovated into office towers, financial centers and residential areas.
The abandoned oil refinery to the east of the island will be preserved as historical heritage and its buildings will be renovated into studios, galleries and offices for artists and designers.
The man-made island's western and northern sectors will become commercial and trading complexes. The southern part is to become a tourism site for recreation and conferences. The northwestern and southeastern parts will be logistics centers for the city's agricultural products and industrial materials.
Metro Line 5 will run through Canal New City, linking key areas in the city core and connecting with Metro Line 10. An extension of Metro Line 5 will link with Gongkang Road in the north. Two Metro stations are to be built in the new city.
Metro Line 5 connects the city's western parts and Xiaoshan area, while Line 10 runs to Yuhang area. Thus, the two lines will connect Hangzhou's north, downtown, south and west areas.
The project is scheduled to begin next October and will create neighborhoods along the canal banks, shopping malls and commercial hubs.
An ecological island will be built and a Metro line will run nearby, connecting residential areas with shopping and commercial areas.
The whole project will cover around 7.3 square kilometers and cost 12.4 billion yuan (US$1.8 billion). About 100,000 people are expected to relocate to the new city.
The completion date has not been fixed.
The Grand Canal of China is the world's longest man-made canal, running 1,794 kilometers from the country's capital city of Beijing to Hangzhou. Not all sections are navigable.
It was completed during the Sui Dynasty (AD 581?618).
Plans call for extending the Hangzhou section to the Raocheng Highway in the north, Shixiang Road in the south, Gongkang Road in the east and Juzhou Road in the west. The blueprint shows that the south-north Grand Canal is the axis, and functional zones are placed around it.
Part of the Banshan (Half Hill) Power Plant will be transformed into neighborhoods and a huge oil refinery will be relocated.
"One axis and two river banks can best describe the project," says Wang Guoping, Hangzhou's Party secretary. "We will build a new city center in Hangzhou's northern side making it a new complex including tourism, shopping, residences and commerce."
The axis passes through the ecological island center at the junction of the canal and the Hanggang River, near the extension of the Shangtang Highway.
The narrow ecological island to be built will feature sports fields, recreational centers, clubs and conference halls.
A bridge is planned to span the island and reach the two riverbanks.
The Canal New City covers the areas of Kangqiao, Xiangfu, Beizhan and Banshan, home to many old factories and warehouses built in the early 1960s.
They include the Hangzhou Oil Refinery, Banshan Power Plant, Sanliyang Warehouse, Hangzhou Trading Fair of Grain and Oil, and Hangzhou Logistics Base for goods produced in Zhejiang Province.
The blueprint for Canal New City calls for a face-lift for some old buildings, to be renovated into office towers, financial centers and residential areas.
The abandoned oil refinery to the east of the island will be preserved as historical heritage and its buildings will be renovated into studios, galleries and offices for artists and designers.
The man-made island's western and northern sectors will become commercial and trading complexes. The southern part is to become a tourism site for recreation and conferences. The northwestern and southeastern parts will be logistics centers for the city's agricultural products and industrial materials.
Metro Line 5 will run through Canal New City, linking key areas in the city core and connecting with Metro Line 10. An extension of Metro Line 5 will link with Gongkang Road in the north. Two Metro stations are to be built in the new city.
Metro Line 5 connects the city's western parts and Xiaoshan area, while Line 10 runs to Yuhang area. Thus, the two lines will connect Hangzhou's north, downtown, south and west areas.
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