Authorities in Shanghai plan to shift more traffic underground
on the Bund as part of efforts to give pedestrians more room to
view the riverside landscape.
The Huangpu District government has entrusted the Shanghai
International Tendering Co to invite bids from all over the world
for a comprehensive design of the Bund, the city's planning body
said yesterday.
The target is the 15 hectares of riverside area between Suzhou
Creek and the Shiliupu passenger shipping terminal.
The district government requires the blueprints to cover the
design of landscape, traffic planning, environmental design and
layout of public facilities and underground space.
Authorities expect to finish the design work within this year to
work closely with another project, in which a tunnel will be built
under the Bund before the 2010 World Expo.
When finished, the Zhongshan No. 1 Road E will be narrowed to
four lanes from 10 lanes, giving more land back to the people.
The government also requires designers to include some
waterfront facilities in their plans.
(Shanghai Daily May 12, 2007)