OREANDA-NEWS. September 29, 2011. East Qianshan Road, the only one demonstrative trunk highway in Liaoning Province featured by environmental protection and energy conservation, was completed by the 3rd China Metallurgical Construction Group (3MCC Group) and fully opened for traffic, reported the press-centre of MCC Group.

This highway starts from Torch Square and ends at Qianshan Resort, with a total length of 9.637km. As the only way which must be passed for people when traveling to Qianshan Resort, this road was commenced to be constructed in May of last year, with two-way six lanes, a width of 28m for the main highway, and a green belt of 22m at both sides.

For the construction of this highway, the high standard of city excess road was employed. At the early of 2010, it was assessed by Liaoning Provincial Transportation Department and Liaoning Provincial Highway Administration as the only one demonstrative trunk highway in Liaoning Province featured by environmental protection and energy conservation.

To fulfill the construction works on a quality basis, 3MCC Group has adopted new technologies, new materials and new processes. For the highway of nearly 10km, eight items of scientific achievements have been employed, for instance, rubber bituminous concrete, utilizing tailing ore (instead of gravel) for bed course.

By using waste materials, it has not only contributed to energy conservation and emission deduction, as well as cut-off in project costs, but also filled the blank for the current technical specifications. In order to accelerate the implementation progress, 3MCC Group has endeavored to conquer various difficulties such as hot climate, complicated construction environment and heavy traffic around the jobsite.

The countermeasures included staggering of construction hours, full utilizing the working hours in the early morning and at night, so as to keep away from the heavy traffic time. Thanks to the joint efforts made by all the employees, the highway was eventually completed and opened for traffic within a period of nearly 5 months, and was thus place a high premium by Liaoning Provincial Highway Administration.