申城首个慢行绿道悄然开放

(Photo source: Minhang Daily)

The city's first slow "green way" in real sense opens recently in Shanghai, where people have leisure time in walking and cycling while listening to birds and viewing flowers and butterflies.

The belt-shaped green way, located close to Humin Road and Mincheng Road covers an area of 295,000 square meters. It is 3.8 kilometers long with the widest range of 110 meters and the narrowest of 12 meters, said jfdaily.com.

A large number of verdant tall trees stand here such as atropurpurea, hibiscus, loquat tree and pomegranate tree which help reduce the noises produced by the passing trains.

1.2-meter-wide footpath and a 2-meter-wide cycle track have been marked out on the ground. "The place was forest belt before, now there's a footway, I can often come here to take exercise", said a citizen living nearby.

The place once sat the shelter forest (built in 2004) of Humin Road and Metro Line 5. Citizens could see but not enter the forest for about 10 years.

From the beginning of this year, the greening department of Minhang District renovated the place to build a forest landscape equipped with chairs and toilets.

People now can take Metro Line 5 and get off the train at Yindu Road Station and Chunshen Road Station to reach the green way.

Editor: Wang Jiaye

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        听鸟叫蝉鸣，看花开蝶舞，无论散步、快走或骑车，行在其间非常惬意——申城真正意义的首条慢行“绿道”已悄然开放。

        据解放网报道，该“绿道”位于沪闵路以东、北横泾以西、闵城路以南、六磊塘以北，绿地为带状，总长约3.8千米，最宽处约110米，最窄处约12米，总面积约29.5万平方米。

        昨日，记者从沪闵路、闵城路入口，走进了这条绿道，两边有不少高大青翠的树木，包括红叶李、木槿、枇杷树、石榴树等。鸟叫蝉鸣不时传来，石榴花旁蝴蝶起舞……虽然不时有列车疾驰而过的声音，但是被高大的植物“消弱”了不少。而脚下的沥青路，被醒目得辟出1.2米宽的人行步道和2米宽的自行车道。“以前这里就是林带，现在有了路，可以经常来健身了。”一位住在附近的市民说。

        据了解，此处为沪闵路和轨交5号线的防护林，建成于2004年，十多年来树木成荫，市民却“看得见走不进”。今年初起，在原有封闭式养护便道的基础上，闵行区绿化市容部门着手启动改造，适当增减植被，打造景观林带，设置座椅、公厕等。

        除方便周边居民外，有兴趣体验一把的市民也可乘轨交前往。从轨道交通五号线的银都路、春申路两个站点出站后即到。