Greener walking, longer route
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THE new extension of a greenbelt in Minhang is scheduled to open before the end of the year.
The 15-kilometer green corridor stretches from Zhuanqiao to Wujing, and every part of the way has special highlights, according to the Minhang District Greenery and Urban Management Administration.
In the Zhuanqiao section, there is a 200-meter corridor planted in wisteria, which will come into vibrant bloom next spring and is expected to be popular with the public. The wisteria is being grown on arch-shaped frames.
A rain garden also features in this section of the greenbelt. It will collect rainwater in an artificial creek to feed aquatic plants.
“The greenbelt touches many of the residential complexes in the town,” said an engineer surnamed Zhou, who works with the Greenery and Urban Management Administration. “For us, the new belt serves as a ‘green lung’ as well as an experimental place to try out new ecological protection techniques. For the public, it will just be a great venue for relaxing and getting outdoors.”
In Jiangchuan Town, the most eye-catching spot along the greenbelt will be a 300-meter passageway adorned by sakura cherry trees. Next spring, residents of Jiangchuan won’t have to go all the way to the Baoshan District or to Japan to enjoy the splendor of the cherry blossoms.
Jiangchuan’s past as an industrial center will be remembered in sculptures made of old machine tools dotting the greenbelt. It is a way of paying respect to the people who contributed to the economic growth of the old industrial town.
In Wujing, the greenbelt moves from past to the future as it wends its way through an area dedicated to high-technology development, including the Minhang campus of East China Normal University.
This section will also feature a maple and camphor forest, with wintersweet and sakura trees decorating both banks of the Yingtao River.
“The greenbelt has been built with barrier-free facilities and sports venues, providing something for everyone,” said Zhou.
The new beltway isn’t the end of the district’s greening plans, said the administration. In the next years, greenbelts will extend to the northern part of the district, in tandem with the overhaul of Humin Road. The ultimate goal is green parkland linking the Xinzhuang Metro Station and the Minhang portions of the Huangpu River bank.
Some towns will also build their own, smaller greenery areas, including the Jianchuan Road greenbelt in Jiangchuan Town and the Longwu-Hongmei Road greenbelt in Wujing. Maqiao said it will build green parklands within its residential complexes.
The administration estimates that 100 kilometers in the district will be blanketed in green by the end of 2020.
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