Hengnan county responds after $415M riverside project stalls for years
投资3亿元沿江风光带烂尾多年？湖南衡南通报
Authorities in Hengnan County, Hunan province, have acknowledged that a section of a 300-million-yuan ($41.5 million) riverside scenic belt project has been suspended since 2018. The county set up a special task force after media reports highlighted the stalled works, the re-cultivation of expropriated land, and claims that some of the land was basic farmland. A county investment company admitted the initial planning was poorly considered and that basic farmland protections have prevented a restart.
The view from inside
The response, published by the county's official WeChat account 'Micro Hengnan', frames the case as a legacy of a 2018 policy adjustment that required the project to be included in a list of scaled-back government…
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