Chinese company kicks off construction of bridge, station of Tel Aviv Light Rail Green Line

STORY: Chinese company kicks off construction of bridge, station of Tel Aviv Light Rail Green Line DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the PCCC project 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI FENG, PCCC project manager 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MENACHEM LEIBA, CEO of Tel Aviv Municipality STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent "Now I'm in the north of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The construction site behind me is going to be turned into a light rail bridge in about two years." Construction of a section of Tel Aviv's light rail Green Line kicked off on Sunday, comprising the Reading station and a bridge above the Yarkon river. The project, undertaken by Power Construction Corporation of China (PCCC), is expected to complete in 2024 with a 700-meter-long and 13-meter-wide bridge, as well as a station covering about 2,400 square meters. PCCC project manager Li