Even if there is no canal, when the highway to Bluefields is completed, the land will be valuable.
Wang Jing already said he wants it to start at Bluefields. The town to the south, which was the other consideration, has no infrastructure and they'd have to import every type of worker including unskilled.
While the Government clarified that the canal route hasn't been approved when Wang made his statement, the reality is that approval is a mere formality, but one that takes time.
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