The government has announced details of its plan to build a covered elevated walkway along Avenida do Nordeste (東北大馬路) in the peninsula’s Areia Preta district.
The planned Avenida do Nordeste elevated walkway, details of which were announced by the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) on its website on Thursday, is one of several new walkways across the city laid out by the government’s land transport master plan for 2021 to 2030, which took effect in December last year when its final draft version was published.
The Avenida do Nordeste elevated walkway will be the second of its kind in the city. Macau’s first covered elevated walkway, i.e., the one along Avenida de Guimarães (基馬拉斯大馬路) in central Taipa, came into use in June 2021.
According to the DSOP website, the 600-metre-long elevated walkway along Avenida do Nordeste will run between Avenida de Venceslau de Morais (慕拉士大馬路) near the Macao Daily News Building and Rua Central da Areia Preta (黑沙環中街) near the Polytec Garden (保利達花園) residential estate and the La Baie Du Noble (海名居) residential estate.
There will be several access points along Avenida do Nordeste to the elevated walkway.
‘Wind & rain protection corridor’, circular footbridge
In addition to a 600-metre-long elevated walkway along Avenida do Nordeste, according to the website, the project will also include the construction of a 700-metre-long covered “corridor with protection against the wind and rain” in Areia Preta Park.
Areia Preta Park is a L-shaped public park located along a section of Avenida 1º de Maio (勞動節大馬路) and a section of Avenida Leste do Hipódromo (馬場東大馬路). The park runs from Avenida 1º de Maio’s junction with Avenida do Nordeste, to its junction with Avenida Leste do Hipódromo, and finally to Avenida Leste do Hipódromo’s junction with the coastal Avenida Norte do Hipódromo (馬場北大馬路).
Furthermore, the project will also include the construction of a circular footbridge at the junction of Avenida 1º de Maio and Avenida Leste do Hipódromo, i.e., outside Luso-Chinese Vocational and Technical School.
The planned circular footbridge will be similar to the one around Rotunda do Istmo (路氹連貫公路圓形地) in Cotai, i.e., the one near the Venetian and City of Dreams resorts, and the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) campus.
According to the DSOP website, the government has hired JWCC Architecture Company Limited (黃業雄蔡韻璇建築設計有限公司) to carry out the design for the Avenida do Nordeste elevated walkway project, which will also include the “corridor providing protection against the wind and rain” in Areia Preta Park and the circular footbridge. The design has a price tag of 7.82 million patacas.
The project will only get off the ground after the government commissions the winning bidder of a public tender for its construction.
Artist’s renditions and information about the project can be checked at: https://www.dsop.gov.mo/construction/2/284/.
This artist’s rendition taken from the Public Works Bureau’s (DSOP) website yesterday shows the future elevated walkway along Avenida do Nordeste in Areia Preta district.
