Wuhan Metro Line 4 under construction
For many years, Wuhan Metro has consisted of one pretty useless line in
Hankou. Finally, the city got its act together and started digging all
over the place, to connect the 3 far-flung section of that great
metropolis: Hankou, Wuchang, and Hanyang. Of course, the subway is
being build along the routes which are used by the greatest number of
travelers - which means, exactly the routes that are most congested
now. The tunnels apparently are being bored without disturbing the
street surface (i.e., *not* cut-and-cover), but each station does
require digging a huge hole in the middle of one of the busiest
streets, such as Luoyu Rd, reducing the space open to traffic to 2
lanes each way. So the congestion on these routes now reaches epic
proportions, with traffic coming to crawl by 3pm, even on weekends.
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