Heritage caves rescued from pollution, noise

Source: Xinhua | July 8, 2009, Wednesday |

Print Edition

THE reconstruction on a 6.6-kilometer section of a highway in northern China's Shanxi Province would be completed in August for a detour designed to protect World Cultural Heritage site Yungang Grottoes in Datong City from pollution, transport authorities said yesterday.

The project, begun in May, will cost 83.3 million yuan (US$12.2 million).

The No. 339 provincial-level highway had exposed the cultural heritage site to exhaust pollution and loud traffic noise.

To protect the caves, the provincial government decided to reroute that part of the highway.

According to Wang Zhiqiang, a senior researcher with the province's Research Institute of Transport Science, the original section of the No. 339 highway will be used as a route to provide tourists with access to two-thirds of the grottoes not previously accessible to the public.

The rerouting project is part of a comprehensive conservation program for Yungang Grottoes.

Nation

About Us
|
Terms of Use
|
RSS
|
Privacy Policy
|
Contact Us
|
Shanghai Call Center: 962288
|
Tip-off hotline: 52920043

沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
|
互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
|
网络视听许可证：0909346
|
广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
|
增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012

Heritage caves rescued from pollution, noise

Email this to your friend