The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) said yesterday that the first-phase construction of its project to build a sports park, i.e., a park featuring various sporting facilities, on the plot of land where the now-defunct greyhound racetrack (Yat Yuen Canidrome) and its adjacent, currently still in-use Lin Fong Sports Centre are located is scheduled to get off the ground in the first quarter of next year.
According to yesterday’s DSOP announcements, the project’s first-phase construction is slated to cost around 1.3 billion patacas.
The government launched a public tender early last month for the sports park’s first-phase construction. Potential bidders were required to submit their quotations by Wednesday, August 13.
A total of 17 construction companies had submitted their bids, which were unsealed by DSOP officials yesterday. All bids were accepted.
A statement by the bureau yesterday announced that the quotations for the project’s first-phase construction proposed by the 17 bidders range from 1.27 billion patacas to 1.36 billion patacas.
The tender has set a maximum period of 1,014 working days for the winning bidder to complete the sports park’s first-phase construction.
Yesterday’s statement announced that the first-phase construction periods proposed by the 17 bidders range from 913 to 973 working days.
The current Lin Fong Sports Centre, next to the former dog racetrack, comprises a pavilion and a running track plus a football pitch. The pavilion situated at the area’s southern tip includes various facilities such as swimming pools, table tennis tables, a gym, and areas used for various other sporting activities.
The sports park project will be carried out in two phases.
The statement noted that in the sports park’s first phase, the existing buildings and other structures once used for greyhound-racing purposes will be demolished, where three new sports pavilions will be constructed.
The statement underlined that the Lin Fong Sports Centre, situated where the sports park’s second phase will be carried out, will remain open during the project’s first phase.
The statement noted that only after the completion and opening of the three pavilions in the first phase, will the second phase be carried out, during which the current Lin Fong Sports Centre’s pavilion, as well as its running track and football pitch, will be demolished, after which a pavilion for children will be built where the current pavilion is located, while a revamped running track and a new football pitch will be laid where the current ones are located.
Moreover, according to the DSOP website, the sports park project will also include a single floor underground public carpark, where 69 parking spaces for cars and 166 parking spaces for motorcycles will be set up in the first phase, while 415 parking spaces for cars and 425 parking spaces for motorcycles will be set up in the second phase.
Yesterday’s statement pointed out that the whole plot where the sports park will be built covers an area of 40,425 square metres.
According to the DSOP website, the No. 1 Pavilion, with four floors, will have swimming pools, basketball courts, running tracks, and cycle paths for children.
The six-floor No. 2 Pavilion will have a skatepark, an area for table tennis, wall climbing facilities, volleyball courts, and badminton courts.
The seven-floor Pavilion No. 3 will have a five-a-side football field, a two-storey multipurpose room, and multifunctional activity rooms.
According to the website, the children’s pavilion, which will only be constructed in the second phase, will have an outdoor activity area, an indoor playground, creative classrooms, a reading area, and activity rooms.
The image downloaded from the Public Works Bureau’s (DSOP) website yesterday shows the design of the future sports park indicating its first phase (yellow) and second phase (blue).
