Another 2.5 hectares of new park, with a length of 580 meters, were put into use on Sunday, in sector 6. It is the second phase of Liniei Park, the entire investment being 15 million lei including VAT.
“Last year, on June 1, the first park of the Military District and the longest linear park in Europe received its first visitors. Then the first phase was inaugurated, 630 meters long and spread over 4.5 hectares. The entrance is from Str. Lujerului, between Plaza Mall and Cora Lujerului.
Today, less than a year later, the second phase is put into use, between Cotroceni Station and Doina Cornea Blvd. It has a length of 580 meters and an area of 3.5 hectares, of which one hectare is occupied by an urban forest.
Also in the last year, the first phase of the park was widened and expanded by half a hectare, where a space dedicated to quadrupeds was set up”, says a press release from the District 6 City Hall.
The cited source also says that in this way, in total, over 8 hectares of new park is reached in the middle of the city, instead of a space full of garbage, mud and construction waste.
“Since the summer of last year and until now, we have added another four hectares of green space and relaxation spaces on the place where for 30 years it was a garbage dump. There are many attractions here, new playgrounds and original relaxation spaces, a bike path of about 1.5 km, including an urban forest.
In Phase 2 alone we planted 1,500 trees. Thus, Liniei Park has reached over 8 hectares and is the largest park opened after the Revolution in Bucharest”, declared the mayor Ciprian Ciucu.
Phase II of Liniei Park complements the first and contains playgrounds by age categories, swings for people with disabilities, ping-pong tables, teqball tables, outdoor sports equipment, tables where people can have a picnic, areas for relaxation with urban furniture, as well as smart gazebos, with free WiFi and sockets where you can connect your laptop and work outdoors.
Also in the new piece of the park there is a square, a drydeck fountain, an area where 30 flags fly (27 of the EU states, plus a flag of the Republic of Moldova, the EU and the City Hall of Sector 6). Another novelty here is that the railway line was no longer covered with decking, but with marl, which is equally friendly to the environment.
What does the new park area, inaugurated on Sunday, contain
- 585-meter bicycle path, continuing the one in the first phase;
- an urban forest of 1 ha, with 900 trees: firs, pines, lindens, acacias, plums, tulip trees, etc. It is the first urban forest in a densely populated area. Apart from this forest, another 550 trees were planted in Phase II of the park, and 350 trees were planted in Phase I;
- 2,500 shrubs and thousands of flowers;
- the surface of the green space is 5,093 square meters, with an automated irrigation system;
- on a piece of 5,000 square meters, which was named Liniei II bis, only alleys surrounded by green space were arranged;
- pump track (267 sqm);
- drydeck well (64 sq m);
- playgrounds;
- fitness and hammock area;
- 5 smart gazebos, equipped with sockets and WiFi;
- 4 metal pergolas, with relaxation spaces;
- banks of several types;
- ecological boots and toilets;
- 6 bicycle racks;
- computer panel;
- everything is video monitored, with surveillance cameras.
The entire investment was 15 million lei including VAT.
What does phase III, the largest, include
The Town Hall of Sector 6 announces that from now on the works will be started on Phase III and the last, the largest, of 8 hectares and 3 km. The City Hall of Sector 6 has completed the feasibility study and has already put the works out to tender. As with phases I and II, the works will begin with the sanitation of the vacant land. Phase III will be a spectacular one, with picnic areas, hammocks, climbing areas, playgrounds, sports fields, urban square, urban art and events area, commercial spaces, but also a CFR exhibition area.
In the end, promises Ciprian Ciucu, between Lujerului – Valea Cascadelor – Bd. Doina Cornea, it will be the longest linear park in Europe (over 4.2 kilometers): “We will have it here, sometime next year at this time or at the latest in the summer of 2025, the longest park in Romania, a linear park modeled after the one in Paris, where we got our inspiration from”.
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