According to Wuhan planners, a total of Rmb40bn will be set aside in 2009 to speed up major transport projects that help better connect the city’s three major districts: Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang. They include the ring road project and the Yangtze tunnel project. The ring road project will concentrate on the completion of various sub-projects, allowing just 30 minutes from one destination to another within the Second Ring Road. Construction of the Hankou section and the flyover between Wuhan Science University, Donghu Hotel and Xiongchu Avenue will also start. The southern section of the Third Ring Road (Luoshi Nanlu-Lao Wuhuang Lu) will be completed and the eastern section next to East Lake will start. Money will be spent on completing the Tianxinzhou Yangtze Bridge and the Yangtze tunnel will be completed, along with the repair of the Baishazhou Yangtze Bridge. Another tunnel, Yingwuzhou Tunnel, will start construction.
Money has been set aside to start building the airport expressway and an expressway linking Hankou and Yangluo, the container terminal. Other major transport arteries in the city will receive funding for renovation.