Sports Bureau pledges to extend cycling tracks

Participants in the cycling event included in the CNY celebrations

The Sports Bureau (ID) pledged to extend the two cycling tracks in the region, and is working with local authorities to extend the Waterfront and Lotus cycling lanes.

Pun Weng Kun, ID president, spoke on the sidelines of an annual cycling event, which saw some 150 residents participating for good luck in the New Year.

“We’re constantly communicating with IACM and other relevant departments to increase more sports facilities, including our cycling tracks in the SAR,” said Pun, as cited by local state broadcaster TDM.

“We’re now coordinating with IACM to extend the cycling track, but we hope the public can be patient, as we will need some time to coordinate with other departments,” the official added.

Organized by ID and a local cycling association, participants have called on the government to extend the city’s cycling tracks.

“It’s good to join these kinds of healthy activities during the Lunar New Year holiday. There are not many cycling tracks in Macau so we’re glad that this one remains open today,” said a participant.

“There are more cycling tracks in the mainland so we’re glad to have everyone ride around Macau today,” said another.

Last year, the Cycling General Association of Macau called for the government to provide safer roads to cycle on.

Currently, because the Waterfront and Lotus cycling lanes are not connected, cyclists are still at risk of injury.

Back in 2014, the New Macau Association proposed that the existing two bicycle lanes be extended, and that a bicycle lane network should be built based on the pedestrian systems throughout the central area of Taipa.