The most important agency of transportation now entirely under the provincial authorities is the highway system. Highway construct in Chekiang dates back to 1920; the period of rapid expansion, however, was from 1931 to 1934 under the able direction of the fo. mer Commissioner Mr. Tseng Yang-foo. At present, the total length of highways exceeds 3,300 kilometres, of which more than two thirds are being operated by the provincial government with the highway administration in charge, and the rest by private companies through lease.
These highways were built by the provincial authorities according to the specification of N.E.C.. ie with a width of six metres and a ma grade of 8 per cents, except in a mountainous districts. Other ways are still under construction The annual gross operating rev-ennes amount to more than $2,000,- 600. The future policy chiefly is to develop them as the feeder lines to the railways and to the scenic centres in to promote touring and through traffic, and in short, to put the operation on a business basis.
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