Chongqing will start constructing five new expressways in 2009, according to the municipal government. The new roads are: the Fuling-Fengdu-Shizhu Expressway, with a total length about 100km; the 200km Fengjie-Wuxi Expressway; the 55km Fuling-Nanchuan Expressway; the 30km Wansheng-Nanchuan Expressway; and an expressway between the city proper and Fuling.

Chongqing’s total expressway length will stand at nearly 2,000km by the end of 2010, rising to 2,100km in 2012.