Putuo renovation a model project
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The major renovation of an old neighborhood in Putuo District has been completed and it is now a demonstration for the city鈥檚 massive housing revamping campaigns.
The structures at Lotus Apartments, built in 1995 at the junction of Putuo, Jiading and Baoshan districts, have been reinforced and public space adjusted to cap the demand for parking and charging of electric vehicles. Intelligent sensors ensure the safety of elderly residents living alone.
A supermarket, community service center and canteen have been built as part of the city鈥檚 efforts to create a 15-minute community-life circle for each local neighborhood.
Wang Rongkun, 72, one of the neighborhood鈥檚 earliest residents, called the improvements 鈥渙verwhelming.鈥
Wang was relocated to the community in 1995 from downtown Fuxing Road. The neighborhood near Gulang and Zhenbei roads was once a remote urban-rural region without public transport or other facilities.
The houses had no gas or tap water and residents had to get their water from wells.
Wang recalls the first day he moved to his new apartment.
鈥淲e dared not to go outside. The road was rugged and wild grass grew to head height,鈥 he said. Residents had to bring gas tanks from Baoshan District and it took an hour to take a shuttle bus to the nearest Caoan Wet Market.
Over 8,000 residents were living in the neighborhood covering 160,000 square meters of construction area.
Liang Huili, the then Party secretary of the neighborhood, promised residents that a major problem would be resolved every year to gradually improve living conditions.
鈥淭he neighborhood committee began operating around the clock in 2000 to become the city鈥檚 first to serve residents at any time,鈥 Liang said.
Fifteen volunteer teams have been established to help poor residents, the lonely elderly and the disabled as well as to offer medical, entertainment and other services. Renovation began in 2019 and architects were appointed to improve the community鈥檚 housing.
Buildings were repainted, narrow paths broadened with separate lanes for vehicles and pedestrians. Rain and sewage pipelines were rearranged, while leakages were fixed.
The work on Lotus Apartments was listed as a model project during the ongoing renovation campaigns across Putuo, the district government said yesterday.
Putuo has many of the city鈥檚 earliest workers鈥 communities that sprung up in the 1950s to accommodate model workers.
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