Drivers, pedestrians, and bus users will be impacted by five months of construction that’s set to start this weekend.
Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro
Construction of the Inner Harbour pumping station – a much needed facility to combat frequent flooding – is set to start blocking off roads in the area for the first half of 2024.
The government is partnering with SJM in the latest in a series of collaborations with gaming concessionaires to gentrify older parts of Macao.
The temporary pedestrianisation will make room for art exhibitions and a night market in the hopes of boosting business in the area.
With no launch date announced as of yet, the narrow street – featured in many Hollywood films – is set to become even more of an attraction for culture vultures.
The streets in the vicinity of the Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro could be closed to vehicular traffic on a temporary basis in a bid to revitalise the area.
According to legislator José Pereira Coutinho, banning cars from the thoroughfare for two weekends over the Lunar New Year showed a “lack of foresight”.
The car-free scheme galvanised the city’s main drag, attracting 140,000 visitors during the Lunar New Year holidays, and receiving much public support.
City has ‘begun to emerge from the fog of the pandemic’; most visitors come from mainland China, although thousands make the journey from Hong Kong.
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