The elevated walkway system linking podium areas of various residential estates in the Lam Mau Tong neighbourhood and its adjacent southern Fai Chi Kei district has finally been fully connected and opened to pedestrians, according to a recent statement by the Public Works Bureau (DSOP).
The walking system comprises footbridges crossing roads and streets, and walkways linking podium areas of different residential estates in the area.
After the elevated walkway system’s different sections had been fully connected, with a total length of 980 metres, pedestrians are now able to walk between the Fai Chi Kei Health Centre and the temporary recreational area in Lam Mau Tong all the way on the skyway, i.e., without having to go back down to the street, according to the statement.
The Fai Chi Kei Health Centre is located near the now-defunct greyhound racetrack (Yat Yuen Canidrome), while the temporary recreational area in Lam Mau Tong is the one with a children’s playground featuring the Macau peninsula’s first outdoor sandpit.
Different sections of the elevated walkway system, on public corridors along podium areas of various residential estates, were completed at different times previously, but they still could not open to pedestrians previously due to different reasons. A DSOP statement last Friday said that “the government’s work on coordinating the opening of the respective buildings’ elevated public corridors has been completed because of which the skywalk system has now been fully connected”.
As part of the elevated walkway system, two new government-built footbridges crossing Avenida Marginal do Lam Mau (林茂海邊大馬路) opened to pedestrians earlier this year, after their construction was completed in March and June this year respectively.
Moreover, a footbridge is being constructed at the junction of Avenida Marginal do Lam Mau, Avenida Marginal do Patane (沙梨頭海邊大馬路) and Rua Sul do Patane (沙梨頭南街), which will also link with the podium areas of two residential estates after its completion, namely Van Sion Son Chun (運順新邨) and Trust Leisure Garden (信步閑庭). The footbridge project, which got off the ground in June, is scheduled to be completed in September next year.
This handout photo released by the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) last week shows a section of the newly opened elevated walkway system in Lam Mau Tong, directly linking the podium areas of the La Magnificence (信譽灣畔) residential estate and the Le Jade (泉福翡翠) residential estate on Avenida Marginal do Lam Mau (林茂海邊大馬路).
This handout photo released by the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) last week shows a corridor open to members of the public along the podium areas of the Leisure Garden (信愉花園) and San Cheung Seng Garden (新駿成花園) residential estates in Lam Mau Tong.
