Eight road projects in Beijing's Yanqing district were recently finished, paving way for the upcoming Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition.
The eight roads opening soon are Fukang Road, Baikang Road, Shiyuan Road, Shengbai Street, Hunan Road, Beijin Road, Xishuncheng Street, and Kanghe Road. They measure at a total length of 31.18 kilometers. The road construction projects include work on the city's infrastructure network such as various water supply and recycle pipelines, six bridges, and a 2.5-kilometer underground utility tunnel project.
Shiyuan Road in southwestern part of Yanqing district measures at 1.4 kilometers. It connects Baikang Road in the north and Yankang Road in the south, and can reach the sixth gate into the expo area via Baikang Road.
"As an easy access to the exhibition, Shiyuan Road will form a beautiful landscape as the sidewalk is expected to be planted with Chinese scholar trees and median strip plant with red crabapple flowers," said He Lichao, the contractor's chief engineer, adding the road also helps to ensure smooth transportation for the upcoming expo.
Being the closest to the exhibition, Baikang Road will become an avenue of landscape with an 8-meter-wide curved green belt planted with various trees, bushes, irises and magnolia, in order to give visitors a snapshot of the exhibition before they arrive.
Xishuncheng Street - once terminated at one end - is now a two-way four-lane motorway. "There was no way here but only garbage and muck," said Zhao, a resident in the neighborhood. "But now it has become a beautiful route with easy access to the western part of the district."
Hunan Road, measuring at 3.28 kilometers, is a main road along the south bank of the Guishui River adjacent to several schools, communities, and businesses. After more than a year of renovation, the new asphalt road has become flat and spacious, and its sidewalk is built with invisible well lid, lighting facilities, smart lamp posts, as well as railings along the river.
"The eight road projects have improved the transportation network surrounding the site of the upcoming exhibition and made it easier for people's travels," said an official with the urban management committee in the district. "In the spring, we will step up afforestation efforts and ensure that tourists can experience the beauty of the city before they enter the exhibition."
