The Cultural Affairs Bureau has announced that the cost to repair the old city wall next to Estrada de São Francisco will be up to MOP13 million. The project is expected to take 300 days to complete.
Around two years ago, a landslide near Estrada de São Francisco caused a section of the wall to collapse. For safety reasons, authorities made the decision to demolish an additional portion of the aging city wall.
A report by Macau’s Civil Engineering Laboratory attributed the incident to heavy rainfall, inspection failures, and structural defects in the retaining wall.
The authorities noted that the repair work will first require stabilizing the slope beneath the old wall. These preliminary consolidation efforts are scheduled to wrap up by the end of this month.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau has launched a public tender for the restoration project, and a total of eight bids ranging from MOP2 million to MOP13 million have been accepted. HT
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