Construction-in-progress underground space: 6.9 million square meters
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Monday, 25 June 2012 09:45
The underground space under construction in central urban area reaches 6.9 million square meters, more than 30 times the size of the Tianyi Square. In these areas, there will be underground parking lots, traffic lines and shops.
According to the 2004 "Special Plan for the Underground Space Development of Ningbo, The underground traffic arteries will be the east-west railroad track line 1 and the north south railroad track line 2.
According to incomplete statistic figures, by the end of 2011, Ningbo had constructed underground space of about 6.5 million square meters, 30 times the size of the Tianyi Square. Of the total, 4.4 million square meters were built during the 11th Five-year-plan Period.
In the future, Ningbo will quicken the steps in the using of the underground space. According to the planning department, by the end of the 12th Five-year-plan Period, Ningbo will have built another 15 million square meters of underground space in the central urban areas. The projects to be implemented soon will be:
The rail rapid transit project. It is estimated that the 3rd, 4th and 5th of the railroad lines will be 70% in the ground, with the underground area totaling 1.5 million square meters.
The Ningbo Railway Station project. According to the plan, the renovated Ningbo Railway Station will have 85,000 square meters of underground space.
The underground space project at the Sanjiangkou area. Around the stations along the railroad line 1 there will be an underground space of business streets and parking lots.