CHINA is busy digging beneath the mountains to build the world’s longest motorway tunnel in an ambitious three billion pound project.
The groundbreaking 13-mile-long tunnel, named Tianshan Shengli, will cross one of the longest mountain ranges in the world. slashing travel times to just a few minutes.
The tunnel is set to open to traffic in October 2025 and will cut travel time through the Tianshan Mountains to about 20 minutes.
It will also slash the 300-mile journey from Urumqi to Korla, a major city in southern Xinjiang, to less than two hours.
Construction on the project began in 2016 and is due to complete in 2031.
A whopping £3billion is being spent to build this tunnel by Xi Jinping’s government.
And with a length of 13.7 miles, the Tianshan Shengli tunnel will become the longest tunnel in the world that man has ever made.
The improved connectivity is expected to boost regional economic and social development, facilitate resource development, and strengthen Xinjiang’s position within the Silk Road Economic Belt.
Economists predict that the tunnel’s completion will significantly benefit trade and economic growth in this underdeveloped region of Xinjiang.
Xu Tianchen, an expert from The Economist Intelligence Unit, explained the strategic importance of the tunnel.
He said the tunnel could be a game-changing infrastructure for Central Asia that would spark many economic activities.
The expert added: “Completion will certainly benefit trade and economic growth in the underdeveloped part of Xinjiang.
“Central Asia provides a reasonable return-risk mix, especially with its rich energy reserves and acceptable security situation.
“Central Asia provides a reasonable return-risk mix, especially with its rich energy reserves and acceptable security situation.”
Apart from economic benefits, the tunnel will also give China leverage in terms of geopolitics.
Xinjiang is a strategic area that has borders with eight countries including Russia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.
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