Xuzhou heavily to upgrade the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal West Waterway

stment reaching 948 million, as a major infrastructure project in Xuzhou City, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal West Waterway "six (level) to change the second" campaign a project, the expansion has officially started. The project starts from the territory of Xuzhou City, Copper Mountain Linjiaba lock, Pei room beyond the town, length of 29 km, planned duration of 3 years. Implementation of the project after passage of 2000-ton ships.
West Waterway of the Grand Canal 57 km length, status as a six channel (design traffic capacity of 100 tons), is the Jiangsu section of the canal level of the lowest, the worst sailing conditions, "Kabo Zi" flights. According to the plan, according to two standards of the waterway improvement across the board expansion, which will truly become the Jiangsu section of the canal from north to south kiloton water transport through large channels.