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Trading places


The mainland landing point for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macau Bridge appears likely to change to Nanping, near Hengqin Island


BY HERMAN HE


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uthorities


paring to ditch the original


are pre- mainland


exit plan for the Zhuhai end of the massive Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, ac- cording to a source close to the project. Sources say the Zhuhai


government has decided to choose Nanping, a town near Hengqin Island, as the landing point for the bridge after exam- ining concerns about increased traffi c in the Gongbei area, which was initially chosen as


OCTOBER 2010


the landing point in 2005. The 2005 decision was


made by a panel organised by the National Development and Reform Commission, which also recommended adopting the current northern bridge and tunnel alignment option. Nanping has a much


larger hinterland and greater available area for develop- ment. If the new proposal is approved, the project will potentially boost Nanping’s economy.


The source also says the


Zhuhai section of the bridge will now include a 14-km link road stretching from the Zhuhai-Macau border check- point, located on an artifi cial island, to connect with the Guangdong expressway in Nanping.


New RMB6 billion link Much of the link road will be constructed inside a tunnel and run below four major wa- ter reservoirs in Zhuhai and


the Gongbei border area. The Zhuhai Munici-


pal Coordinating Offi ce for bridge planning has already sent the new proposal to the provincial


government for


approval. The estimated cost of the link road is RMB6.01 billion (MOP71.15 billion), of which RMB50.58 million has already been spent on land surveys and design projects. Although the new landing


point has yet to be approved, it has already impacted on Zhu- hai’s real estate market.


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