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Brazil Olympics: Rio cycleway to be rebuilt ahead of Olympics
Source: BBC
Brazil Olympics: Rio cycleway to be rebuilt ahead of Olympics
25 April 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, has said that the coastal cycleway that collapsed last week killing at least two people will be rebuilt for the Olympics in August.
Part of the elevated cycle lane fell on to the rocks below when it was hit by a big wave last Friday.
Two men who were on the 50m (150ft) concrete section that collapsed died.
Several Brazilian engineering experts said the cycleway was unsafe and should be demolished.
Mr Paes says, however, that he will go ahead with the project, he told Globo television.
He said the same companies that built the cycleway, Concremat/Concrejato, would be in charge of the reconstruction.
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25 April 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, has said that the coastal cycleway that collapsed last week killing at least two people will be rebuilt for the Olympics in August.
Part of the elevated cycle lane fell on to the rocks below when it was hit by a big wave last Friday.
Two men who were on the 50m (150ft) concrete section that collapsed died.
Several Brazilian engineering experts said the cycleway was unsafe and should be demolished.
Mr Paes says, however, that he will go ahead with the project, he told Globo television.
He said the same companies that built the cycleway, Concremat/Concrejato, would be in charge of the reconstruction.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36134510
