$12,000,000 to Improve Yunnan-Burma Road Chungking, Jan. 15.
Official reports reveal that the Chinese authorities are taking energetic steps to construct new highways and to improve existing ones.
The Chinese Government is appro-printing $12,000,000 for the improvement of the 960-kilometre Yunnan-Burma highway to enable through traffic during the rainy season. The daily average tonnage of cargo passing through this road is said to be 600, li is estimated that $4,000,000 can be collected a year from maintenance fees on highways, while $8,000,000 to $9,000,000 will be required for the upkeep of roads.
Highways in the southwest now total 4,789 kilometres, while in the northwest highways total 3,400 kilometres.—Reuter.
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