BEIJING - Beijing is planning its largest ever revamp of the city's imperial-era neighbourhoods in an effort to preserve cultural relics ahead of the Olympic Games next year, local media said on Wednesday.
Renovation work would see 1,474 courtyard properties spruced up in 40 Beijing "hutong", or alleyways, in four inner city districts, the Beijing News said.
Municipal authorities would invest 250 million yuan ($34 million) in the renovations, which were the biggest "since the founding of China in 1949", the newspaper said, citing information from the Beijing Municipal Commission for Urban Planning and the Beijing Municipal Construction Commission.
The work would affect 9,635 families, the newspaper said, but those relocated would be allowed to move back into their homes in time for Chinese New Year in February.
"A single roof beam will cost 1,000 yuan to replace. The conditions will be vastly improved," the newspaper quoted a construction worker as saying.
The whole project was expected to be completed by June.
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