AN underground tunnel linking Bao’an District and Qianhai will be built as part of the extension project of Binhai Boulevard, sources from the construction center of Shenzhen Municipal Transport Bureau announced recently.

Section A of Phase I of the extension project starts from Tinghai Road in Qianhai and goes to Xixiang Boulevard in Bao’an. In the southern end, the tunnel will be connected with Guimiao Road through an underground interchange with Tinghai Road. It will then go northward passing Qianhai Bay through an underground tunnel, bridges and ground road and finishing at the interchange with Xixiang Boulevard.

The 5.5-kilometer extension includes a 1.6-kilometer portion under the Qianhai Bay and a 3.9-kilometer portion in Bao’an District.  (Han Ximin)