China Highway Jam Enters Its 9th Day, Spans 100km

Ok, I will never complain about Boston traffic (ok I will, but...) Highway jam enters its 9th day, spans 100km.

"Since August 14, thousands of Beijing-bound trucks have jammed the expressway again, and traffic has stretched for more than 100 kilometers between Beijing and Huai'an in Heibei Province, and Jining in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China National Radio (CNR) reported Sunday."

"'Insufficient traffic capacity on the National Expressway 110 caused by maintenance construction since August 19 is the major cause of the congestion,' a publicity officer with the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, told the Global Times on condition of anonymity Sunday."

"The congestion is expected to last for almost a month, since the construction is due for completion September 13."

"For drivers, suffering the congestion on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway is nothing new. In a similar scene this July, traffic was also reduced to a crawl for nearly one month."