Old airport runway will be riverside jogging park
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AN old airport runway is being repurposed for the benefit of runners and cyclists.
Xuhui District plans to turn one of the former Longhua Airport’s two runways into a park featuring bicycle lanes and jogging tracks, officials said yesterday.
Runway Park on Yunjin Road, which runs along the west bank of the Huangpu River — the West Bund — will have trees, flowers and an artificial creek. Some relics will be kept to serve as reminder of the park’s aviation heritage, said an official with the state-owned West Bund Group, which is in charge of development in the area.
By the end of 2017, the park and a 7.2-kilometer-long scenic pedestrian path along the Huangpu River will be open to the public, the group announced yesterday.
The other runway has been used as a public road since 2010.
Longhua Airport was built in 1915 for both civil and military use.
After 2000, it was used only for helicopters and airships because its central location meant it was no longer suitable for fixed-wing takeoffs and landings.
To create a coherent pedestrian route along the river, the government has built a Y-shaped bridge over the Rihuigang River bordering Xuhui and Huangpu districts that will open soon. Currently, people have to take a 1-kilometer detour to cross the river.
Chen Chao, deputy general manager of the group, said stations will be set up every kilometer along the pedestrian route where park users can rest, change their clothes and even take a free shower.
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