According to the news from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission on August 17, the autonomous region's key transportation projects steadily progressed from January to July. From January to July, the investment in key transportation projects of the autonomous region was 39.79 billion yuan, an increase of 5.32 billion yuan over the same period in 2020.

In terms of railways, the construction of Hetian-Ruoqiang Railway, Aksu-Alar Railway and other projects has been accelerated, and more than half of the investment has been completed. The new second line of the Jinghe-Alashankou project will be completed on July 30. The feasibility study and repair work will be completed. Yining-Akesu Railway Complete the preparation of the feasibility study report on July 27;

In terms of highways, the G7 Jingxin Expressway has been opened to traffic, and the construction of the S21 Altay-Urumqi Expressway has entered the sprint stage and is expected to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of the year;

As for the airport, Taxkorgan Airport completed the concrete construction of the runway, station apron, and connection road on August 2, and plans to complete the test flight within the year. The Bayinbulak Airport project feasibility study report was officially approved by the National Development and Reform Commission on July 29.

Yining-Akesu Railway

According to the plan, the Yining-Akesu Railway starts from Yining Station of Jingyihuo Railway in Yining City, connects from Buliekai Station to the east along the Yili River Valley, crosses the Tianshan Mountains after passing through Xinyuan County, and connects to the south via the Ku-Russian Railway. Enter the Kuqa West Station of the Nanjiang Railway, and then use the Nanjiang Railway to the destination Aksu City.

The total length of the line is 686.54km, of which the Yining-Bulekai section uses the Jingyi-Huo Railway 43.6km, the newly built line between Bulekai and Kutaiklik is 345.01km, and the Jinghe connection line is 1.46km; The west section of Cheche uses 68.77km of the Kuqa-Russian Railway (the length of the electrified transformation of the whole line is 86.6km), and the section from the west of Kuche to Aksu uses 227.7km of the Nanjiang Railway. The project is expected to officially start construction in 2022, with a construction period of 6 years. Editor/He Yuting