Artificial island

THE framework for the western artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor has taken shape in the Lingding Sea with 57 super-sized steel cylinders, each 28 meters in diameter, placed in the sea Monday, sources from Guangdong Transport Department said.

The diamond-shaped artificial island, which is 625 meters in length and 456 meters at the widest point, will be a transit area for the 1,666-km bridge and underwater tunnel.

Work on the eastern artificial island will commence this year and the bridge project is set to begin in March next year. The whole project will be completed and put into use in 2024.

Violators fined

SHENZHEN’S traffic police caught 95,841 nonlocal vehicles that violated a restriction to drive in Shenzhen during rush hours over a two-week span by Sept. 14. Among them, 1,362 were fined for third-time violations. Drivers were each fined 300 yuan (US$46) and have had three penalty points added to their license.

Shared-bike fines

FUTIAN Urban Management Bureau is mulling a rule to fine shared bike operators for illegally occupying urban roads and sidewalks, a problem caused by random parking by bike patrons.