Most beautiful road of Qinghai opens
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Northwest China鈥檚 Qinghai Province has opened a scenic expressway after a prolonged period of construction that has minimized the impact on the forests it traverses.
Running through the Beishan National Forest Park and the Cangjiaxia Provincial Forest Park, the 50km Zhalonggou-Nianbozhen Highway is dubbed the 鈥渕ost beautiful road of Qinghai.鈥 It took five years to complete, a long process considering the country鈥檚 prowess in infrastructure construction, with officials saying it was required by the focus on environmental protection.
鈥淭o minimize the occupation of forested lands, over half of the highway was rerouted and some sections were turned into overpasses,鈥 said Wang Jianliang, vice head of the province鈥檚 highway construction and management bureau.
Officials said more than 67,000 trees were spared as the highway bypassed densely forested areas and waste construction materials were used to build 42 parking bays instead of being dumped.
Wang said environmental protection now figures prominently in Qinghai鈥檚 road construction, taking up a certain portion of the budget of each project.
Qinghai, much of which lies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, has in the past five years poured over 10 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion) into ecological protection and restoration of its roads.
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