PHOTO A new 3.5 hectare piece of Liniei Park was opened at the weekend / What it looks like and when the work on the last stage begins

A new piece of Park Liniei was completed and opened this weekend by the Town Hall of Sector 6. The green space is the continuation of the first section of Park Liniei, it has an area of ​​3.5 hectares and a length of 580 meters. Now the Line Park stretches from Lujerului to the back of AFI Cotroceni, on an area of ​​8 hectares and a length of 1.2 kilometers. 3 years ago, where the green space is now, there was an abandoned train track, lots of trash and spontaneous vegetation.

“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, between Cotroceni Station and Doina Cornea Blvd., is being put into use. 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”, announced the City Hall of Sector 6.

The park is linear and stretches on either side of the railway line, which has been covered with wood and marl.

Mayor Ciprian Ciucu says that this is the largest park opened after the Revolution.

If the first section of the park, inaugurated last year, has more space to relax, a large playground and an artesian fountain, the second section, inaugurated on Sunday, has more functions, having two playgrounds, a pump track , a fitness area, an area for hammocks, sports field, table tennis, teqball tables, smart gazebos, with free WiFi and sockets where you can connect your laptop and work outdoors, a market, a drydeck fountain, a 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 is that the railway line was no longer covered with a deck, but with marl, after the deck kept coming off or lifting on the first section.

The park also has a cycle path almost 600 m long, to which another 600 m is added from phase I.

Liniei Park, phase II / Photo: HotNews.ro / Catiusha Ivanov

A mini urban forest of 1 hectare was also set up in the park. 900 trees were planted: 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 One. In phase 2, 2,500 shrubs and thousands of flowers were planted, and the surface of the green space is 5,093 square meters, with an automated irrigation system”, informed the City Hall of Sector 6.

For phase II, the investment was 15 million lei including VAT, and for phase I – 13.5 million lei.

When work begins on the piece between Lujerului and Valea Cascadelor

The City Hall of Sector 6 says that this year it will also start work on the last piece of Liniei Park, between Lujerului Street and Valea Cascadelor. The green space will have an area of ​​8 hectares and a length of 3 kilometers.

“The City Hall of Sector 6 has completed the feasibility study and has already put the works out to tender. As with phases 1 and 2, the works will begin with the sanitation of the vacant land. Phase 3 will be spectacular, with picnic areas, hammocks, climbing areas, playgrounds, sports fields, urban plaza, urban art and events area, commercial spaces, but also a CFR exhibition area. At the end, between Lujerului – Valea Cascadelor – Bd. Doina Cornea, we will enjoy the longest linear park in Europe (more than 4.2 kilometers)”, the City Hall of Sector 6 also transmitted.

PHOTO Liniei Park phase I, opened 1 year ago / Photo: HotNews.ro / Catiusha Ivanov