New overpass at Taipa Swimming Pool opens Jan. 19

The new overpass at Taipa’s Olympic Swimming Pool roundabout (southwest access) will open Jan. 19, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) have said in a statement.

The new overpass, which is part of a larger project of building overpass roads, links Avenida dos Jogos da Asia Oriental to the Cotai area.

The overpass will enable traffic from Avenida dos Jogos da Asia Oriental to head directly to both Coloane and the Macau University Campus in Hengqin without having to use the existing roundabout.

It is part of the second reorganization phase of the road network of the Rotunda da Piscina Olímpica that began in the third quarter of 2022 and is aimed at easing traffic at the roundabout.

The two bureaus also noted that works related to the new road beside Avenida Marginal Flor de Lótus, close to Yoho Co-Tai Marina Bay, will be completed at the end of this month and, following inspection, be available for public use.

It will be a by-pass road enabling traffic from Avenida Marginal Flor de Lótus to detour directly to Avenida dos Jogos da Asia Oriental in the direction of Ocean Gardens or Sai Van Bridge without having to access the same roundabout.

The DSAT and DSOP have warned that final works for the new road, including laying asphalt, will occur every day between Jan. 14 and Jan. 23, from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. These works will affect some sections road.

Phase one already needs repair works

In the same statement, the DSOP and DSAT also noted the temporary closure of part of the phase one overpass (in the direction of Venetian to Sai Van Bridge) for repairs.

This section of the overpass will be closed from the early hours of Jan. 21 until 7 a.m. the same day.

The phase one overpass needing repairs opened less than two and half years ago on the morning of Sept. 25, 2021.