A government project to build a tunnel for pedestrians under the hill connecting Zape and the Avenida de Horta e Costa neighbourhood got off the ground early this month.
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The government’s Interdepartmental Road Projects Coordination Group has received 363 applications for roadwork permits from government entities and public utilities to be carried out in the upcoming year, which is a 21 per cent increase year-on-year.
The government said last week that it has decided to build a permanent warehouse for hazardous materials in a relatively remote location in Ka Ho in Coloane
The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) announced this week that its officials, in conjunction with officials from several other government entities, have repossessed a long-undeveloped plot of land east of the entrance to the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge on the northern coast of Taipa, which was initially slated for an “Ocean World” theme park project when its land concession was granted well over two decades ago.
An illegally set up canopy fell from the external wall of a flat of a high-rise residential building in Zape on Thursday afternoon, hitting a female pedestrian who sustained serious injuries.
The government has repossessed several plots covering a total area of 6,598 square metres on the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory site in Taipa.
Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau Director Chan Pou Ha said on Wednesday that the government will continue with its ongoing study of the possible construction of the fifth Macao-Taipa link, despite possible cancellation of its Zone D land reclamation project.
The government’s proposed increase of the city’s commercial land supply in its draft of the city’s official urban master plan aims to promote Macao’s economic diversification.
Macao asked Beijing to be allowed to drop one of the five reclamations approved in 2009 between Nobre de Carvalho and Amizade bridges, according to Rádio Macau.
