The traffic flow on the just-opened Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link exceeded 125,000 vehicles as of at 15:00 on Monday, consistently high since its opening exactly one day earlier on June 30, with sightseeing vehicles contributing to the traffic significantly.
The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area city cluster comprising the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao as well as nine cities in neighboring Guangdong Province. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands across the Lingding Ocean on the Pearl River Estuary leading to the South China Sea, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world.
As of 07:00 on Monday, traffic on the link reached 76,000 vehicles, peaking at 8,000 vehicles per hour.
To ensure smooth traffic and safety, the traffic police departments in cities of Shenzhen and Zhongshan have intensified efforts to manage and control traffic flow at the entrances and channels.
"We have mobilized over 200 staff members from firefighting, traffic police, road administration, road rescue, and monitoring departments, along with over 50 special vehicles. We are fully prepared for possible emergency rescue and traffic facilitation," said Chen Weile, construction commander of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link project.
Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link reports high traffic volume since opening one day ago
Russia said that it had destroyed and damaged multiple Ukrainian warplanes over the past 24 hours, while Ukraine said that it had engaged in 136 battles with Russian forces at the front.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday that the Russian army conducted cluster strikes on Ukrainian military airports with high-precision weapons, destroying five Su-27 fighters and damaging two others in the past 24 hours.
Russian air defense forces shot down several Ukrainian cruise missiles, guided bombs, rockets and 81 drones, as well as a MiG-29 fighter and a Su-27 fighter, according to the minitry.
Also on Tuesday, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that Ukrainian army engaged in 136 battles with Russian forces over the past 24 hours.
The Russian army launched six attacks in the direction of Kharkov. The fighting in Volchansk was still going on as of Tuesday evening, but the overall situation was under control.
Battles in the direction of Pokrovsk was the most intense. The Russian army launched 43 attacks on the Ukrainian defense line in this region as of the evening of Tuesday, while the Ukrainian army repelled 31 Russian attacks.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday visited Ukraine, which was his first visit to Ukraine since the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Orban held talks on cooperation in the fields of infrastructure and energy, as well as bilateral trade, while exchanging views on achieving future peace. Orban said that Hungary is willing to provide Ukraine with all possible assistance within its capacity during its term as the rotating presidency of EU and suggested that Ukraine reconsider its decisions and accept a temporary ceasefire to advance peace talks with Russia.
Russia claims to destroy Ukrainian warplanes, while Ukraine reports intensive battles
