[Transportation fixed asset investment reached 729 billion in the first 4 months]The Ministry of Transport released the relevant data of the transportation industry in the first 4 months. Data show that in the first four months, the investment in fixed assets of highway and waterway transportation in my country was 729.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%, of which road investment was 686.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%. Editor / Xu Shengpeng
On October 11, 2026, the newly constructed Nantong Ningbo high-speed railway control project - Wangyu River Cable stayed Bridge was successfully closed, becoming the first double tower cable stayed bridge with a main span of over 300 meters to be closed along the entire line. The newly built Tongsu Jiayong high-speed railway has a length of 301 kilometers and a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour.Editor/Gong Ziwei
On October 10, 2026, the construction of the upstream and downstream cofferdams for the Gezhouba Navigation Capacity Expansion of the Three Gorges Water Transport New Channel officially began. These two cofferdams will jointly enclose the construction area with the bank slope, creating prerequisites for the construction of the dry land of the 10000 ton new ship lock. This marks the comprehensive entry of Gezhouba's shipping capacity expansion into the main construction phase.Editor/Gong Ziwei