The City of Jiangmen, (pop 3.7 million) some 50 miles west of Zhuhai plans to invest CNY10.1 billion (US$1.5 billion) next year on expressway projects, Xinhua reported.

The Jiangmen-Zhuhai expressway hasn't joined expressway networks in the north end, so the city plans to extend the route next year while building another expressway connecting to Guangzhou's Nansha District, where Nansha container terminal is located.

After the routes have been completed, the travel time between Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen and Zhongshan will be reduced to an hour.

Both routes will have three lanes in both directions with a maximum speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour. The Jiangmen-Zhuhai expressway extended line will cover a distance of 20.6 kilometres and the Jiangmen-Nansha expressway 48.7 kilometres.