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Rio repaired the bike path

In time for the start of the Olympic games in August, the Atlantic waves destroyed the bike path to be repaired again. It was planned as a connection between the Olympic Park and the suburb of Barra.

The Olympic organizers in Rio de Janeiro in hope, in the April cycle path, rushed in time for the start of the summer games (5. to 21. To be able to August). “The opening of the Olympic Games is our dream, but safety comes first,” said Rio mayor Eduardo Paes: “It’s going to happen in August. It could be the 1. August, it could happen during the Games or afterwards.”
In the case of the collapse of the first, in January, finished, around ten million euros expensive way, had come in the spring, two people were killed. Videos were shown, such as three huge waves, the einpeitschen from below almost unabated on the bike path, an approximately 50-Meter-wide hole in the bike-cracks. The bike path should connect to in the Play actually, the Olympic Park and the suburb of Barra.

Because of the delightful history of the way should be an attraction for tourists, who can experience along the Atlantic ocean, the beauty of the city in different perspectives. The route leads over 3.9 kilometres along the Avenida Oscar Niemeyer. Overall, Rio has 435 kilometers of Cycling paths to the Olympic Games in August, it will be 450 kilometers.

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