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High-speed rail project halted by environment watchdog
By Yang Jian |
May 19, 2011, Thursday
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CHINA'S environmental authority yesterday halted the construction on a high-speed railway in north China, the second railway project it froze in three weeks over ecological concerns.
The high-speed railway linking Tianjin and Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province sought a new route but failed to evaluate its impact on the environment, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on its website yesterday.
The project which began in November 2008 has a designed travel speed of 350 kilometers per hour. The builder was ordered to submit an environmental impact evaluation before June 15 in order to carry on the construction, the ministry said.
The 261-kilometer railway with a total investment of 33.8 billion yuan was due to finish by the end of 2012. It can transport 80 million people a year.
On April 25 the ministry suspended the operation of the Qingdao-Ji'nan High-speed Railway, the country's first high-speed passenger railway because the project failed to build support facilities for environmental protection.
The Qingdao-Jinan High-speed Railway was built in December 2008 with a designed travel speed of 250 kilometers per hour.
Apart from high-speed railways, the Ministry of Environmental Protection also halted the construction of Metro Line 2 in Wuxi, a city in eastern Jiangsu Province on April 28 because the route was changed without making an environmental impact evaluation.
The high-speed railway linking Tianjin and Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province sought a new route but failed to evaluate its impact on the environment, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on its website yesterday.
The project which began in November 2008 has a designed travel speed of 350 kilometers per hour. The builder was ordered to submit an environmental impact evaluation before June 15 in order to carry on the construction, the ministry said.
The 261-kilometer railway with a total investment of 33.8 billion yuan was due to finish by the end of 2012. It can transport 80 million people a year.
On April 25 the ministry suspended the operation of the Qingdao-Ji'nan High-speed Railway, the country's first high-speed passenger railway because the project failed to build support facilities for environmental protection.
The Qingdao-Jinan High-speed Railway was built in December 2008 with a designed travel speed of 250 kilometers per hour.
Apart from high-speed railways, the Ministry of Environmental Protection also halted the construction of Metro Line 2 in Wuxi, a city in eastern Jiangsu Province on April 28 because the route was changed without making an environmental impact evaluation.
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