Works of the second stage of improvement in the Gorkinsko-Ometevsky forest was completed by 80%

(KZN.RU, October 26, Anton Nozdrin). The second stage of improvement in the Gorkinsko-Ometevsky forest in Kazan is almost finished: the total performance of works is about 80%. Ski tracks with lighting, pump-track, work-out, and dog-walking areas are arranged in the territory. The new sites will be available to residents at the end of November. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of the city, inspected the progress of work in the new park.

Natalia Fishman, an assistant to the President of the RT, and Igor Kulyazhev, the deputy head of the Kazan Executive Committee and the chairman of the Committee for External Improvement, told the Mayor that this year the landscaping continued with the installation of new eco-friendly footpaths with lighting and installation of an additional network of video surveillance for the visitors. In winter, the territory will become the center of attraction for skiers. Illuminated ski tracks from the part of the Ometevsky part of the forest are equipped in a forest, in addition to the existing routes, which were open within the first stage of improvement. Also, areas for outdoor activities will appear here in the near future: pump track, work-out, and dog-walking areas.

A special platform of container blocks is being built where various services for park guests will operate: educational, sports, and catering points.

Ilsur Metshin inspected all the facilities under construction and communicated with the local residents, who were walking in the park at the time. They thanked the city authorities for the improvement of the territory and noted that they really like the forest. It attracts citizens already now: pensioners, parents with children, and dog owners walked in the park despite the weekday.

Within the framework of the second stage of the work, it is planned to arrange additional entrances from the streets Rodina and Bratiev Kasimovyh. In addition, the ravine is now being strengthened with the organization of surface water disposal, and benches, urns, hammocks are being installed. It is planned to complete the main types of work by November 1, and the strengthening the ravine – during the month. The Mayor of Kazan instructed to meet the deadlines so that by the winter the citizens could fully use the services of the park.

Rustem Gafarov, the head of the Sovetsky district’s administration of Kazan, Azat Abzalov, the head of the Department of Culture, Alsu Karyakina, the head of the Directorate of Parks and Squares, and others took part in the meeting.

The project for the reconstruction of the Gorkinsko-Ometevsky forest territory was repeatedly discussed at meetings with citizens. They could express their wishes for the improvement of the forest area. Parking, ecological paths and sidewalks, entrances with arches, a ski base, tracks, a fountain, a festival platform, and other objects appeared on the territory as part of the first stage of improvement at the request of residents. The official opening of the renovated Gorkinsko-Ometevsky forest on an area of 67 hectares took place on December 25, 2016, with the participation of Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, and Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan.