Which road sections in Jinan are serving as pilot projects for the sponge city initiative?
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2016-07-29
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Which road sections in Jinan are serving as pilot projects for the sponge city initiative?
Pilot and demonstration projects outside the core urban area in Jinan have now been implemented as part of sponge city development, marking a transition to routine, system-wide implementation. For instance, in the urban water systems sector, projects include the Daxin River and Hancang River waterway improvements; in landscape and green space development, projects encompass mountain parks such as Yaoshan and Langmaoshan; in road and transportation infrastructure, renovations are underway on Phoenix Road, the eastern section of Tourism Road, and Weishier Road; and in the built-up residential and community sector, ongoing developments include WanHong Plaza and Shanshui Huafu. With clearly defined tasks for the construction and renovation of urban water systems, landscape and green spaces, road networks, and residential communities, Jinan’s sponge city initiative is now shifting toward normalized, citywide implementation.
The general public and all sectors of society are highly attentive to sponge city development. In Lixia District, along Yejin Hotel Road, and in Tianqiao District, near the San Kong Bridge, sponge city principles have been fully implemented on local roads. Drawing on these examples as a benchmark, efforts are being made to ensure that all ongoing and newly initiated projects across the city fully incorporate sponge city design and construction.
On July 30, 2015, Jinan’s first sponge road—the sponge-road renovation of the Dong section of the Tourism Road—was completed and opened to traffic. Although this project was not located within the designated pilot zone, Jinan’s municipal engineers, in light of the unique characteristics along the route, comprehensively implemented the sponge-city concept and promptly created a distinctive “sponge” demonstration section. By deploying sponge-friendly measures such as permeable greenways, raised curb stones, and vegetated swales, they vividly showcased the first “sponge” roadway to the public, achieving green construction within a traditionally gray infrastructure framework and delivering a high-standard greenway.
The northern section of Fenghuang Road also represents a promising pilot initiative outside the designated pilot construction area. Along its 2.24-kilometer stretch, eight “sponge-like” features have been tailored to local conditions. Notably, the 1-kilometer sponge demonstration section in the northern segment was substantially completed and unveiled in August 2015, achieving an annual total runoff control rate exceeding 75% and retaining 90,000 cubic meters of rainwater over the year—equivalent to the volume of 48 swimming pools.
The Jixi Demonstration Area covers approximately 62 square kilometers and encompasses a variety of water systems, including wetlands, reservoirs, seepage zones, and river channels, making it a typical water-ecologically sensitive zone. A comprehensive inventory has been conducted for 40 to 60 sponge-city renovation projects within the demonstration area, with the goal of completing all projects and putting them into operation by December 2018. These projects include, among others, the integrated management project for the Yufu River, the comprehensive remediation project for the La Shan River, the integrated management project at the headwaters of the Xiaoqing River, Xingfu Temple Park, the western section of the La Shan River Road, Binzhou Road, the western extension of Yantai Road, Jishui Shangyuan, Phase II of Plot 2 in Relocation Zone No. 1, the Jinan Dajin Wastewater Treatment Plant, and Impression Jinan—totaling 11 projects. As pilot projects implemented from 2015 to 2016, these initiatives spanned multiple construction sites involving water systems, landscaping, municipal infrastructure, residential buildings, and wetland restoration, and were progressively completed by July 2016.
