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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on July 09, 2019, 07:54:36 pm
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1250-mile road linking Europe to China given green light
Amy Woodyatt, CNN • Published 9th July 2019
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(CNN) — A new highway stretching 1250 miles through Russia has received the green light from officials.
The "Meridan" highway will reach almost 1250 miles (2000 km) long and will run westwards from the country's border with Kazakhstan, creating the shortest route to move goods between mainland Europe and China, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported.
The agency said that Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev approved the first phase of the project, which will be funded as part of a partnership between private investors with state support.
The project will cost an estimated 600 billion rubles -- around $9.4bn. RIA Novosti reported that more than 80% of the land needed for the construction of the highway has already been bought.
Read more at: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/road-europe-russia-intl-scli/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/road-europe-russia-intl-scli/index.html)
China's already splashed out a lot of money, big spending in other countries, fantastic projects already built, this is not an abstract idea.