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Drew
23rd August 2010, 21:01
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11062708



China traffic jam stretches 'nine days, 100km'

A massive traffic jam in China has slowed vehicles to a crawl for a ninth day near Beijing, local media say.

Vehicles, mostly lorries bound for Beijing, are backed up for about 100km (62 miles) because of heavy traffic, road works and break-downs.

The drivers have complained that locals are over-charging them for food and drink while they are stuck.

There has been a boom in road building in China in recent years but vehicle use has soared at the same time.

The stalled traffic stretches between Jining in Inner Mongolia and Huai'an in Hebei province, north-west of Beijing, said the Global Times.

The road works which are obstructing traffic are necessary to repair damage caused by an increase in cargo lorries using the highway, the state-run newspaper said.

They are not expected to be finished until mid-September.

The motorway, part of the Beijing-Tibet expressway, is heavily used by lorries carrying coal from Inner Mongolia.

And you thought the traffic where you live is bad!

harsha
23rd August 2010, 21:28
lol...remind me never to curse my city's traffic :D

Dave B
24th August 2010, 12:32
Sounds like the Dartford tunnel on a Friday evening :s

Mark
24th August 2010, 13:58
Sounds like the Dartford tunnel on a Friday evening :s

Or most times! When coming back from France it literally took us less time to get from the motorway in Calais through the channel tunnel and onto the M20 that it took to get through the Dartford tunnel, shocking traffic.