Chetaev and Chistopolskaya streets in Kazan will be connected by the promenade

(KZN.RU, May 27, Alena Miroshnichenko). This year, 8 public spaces will be improved in Kazan within the framework of the priority project “Formation of a comfortable urban environment”. One of them is a pedestrian boulevard on Absalyamov Street. The new section from Chetaev street to Chistopolskaya street will allow creating transit with various functional zones and connecting Pobedy Park and the Kazanka embankment. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of the capital of Tatarstan, noted today at the Business Monday, that thanks to a new promenade, citizens will be able to walk from Pobedy Park to Bulak, Kaban Lake and the Zoo.

4 out of 8 sites, where improvement work will be carried out this year, are new. These are the entrances to the Dubrava forest zone, the coastal zone of Lake Komsomolskoe, the area around the Lebyazhie lakes, a monument and pedestal in the Ordzhonikidze Square. At the other four sites, the work began in previous years and continues in 2019, said Igor Kulyazhev, the deputy head of the Executive Committee and the chairman of the Committee for External Improvement.

The system work on the improvement of parks and squares of the city began in 2011. “This work that gave a start for the development of such republican projects as the Year of Parks and Squares in 2015, the Year of Water Protection Zones in 2016, the Year of Ecology and Public Spaces in 2017, which eventually turned into Federal priority project “Formation of a comfortable urban environment”, said the speaker. Over the past 8 years, 50 recreation sites have been updated in the capital of Tatarstan, 20 have been created from scratch. More than 4.5 billion rubles spent on the improvement of these territories. As a result, the total area of park areas increased by 131 hectares. Today, Kazan has 143 parks and squares with a total area of 379 hectares.

This year, 1 billion 488 million rubles will be allocated for the improvement of public spaces in Kazan. Federal funding is 458 million rubles, and the republican budget is 1 billion 30 million rubles.

As for the year 2019, the works on the improvement of the Walk of Fame in the Yudino, begun in the autumn of 2018, have already been completed this year.

The work continues on the design of a pedestrian boulevard on Absalyamov Street. “The new section from Chetaev Street to Chistopolskaya Street will allow creating transit with various functional zones and connecting Pobedy Park and the Kazanka embankment”, explained I. Kulyazhev. The main compositional idea of the boulevard will be the images of green islands with trees, shrubs and areas for children's games, sports. They will be connected by pedestrian routes. The speaker also noted that as part of the implementation of the second stage of improvement near the house №28 on Absalyamov Street, it is planned to create a central area of the boulevard with a multifunctional pavilion. And the children's play space “Laboratorium” will open in the area of the house №16.

Ilsur Metshin explained that the section from Chetaev Street to Chistopolskaya Street will be connected by a single promenade. It will include the Pobedy Park, a pedestrian boulevard along Absalyamov Street, parks “Belye Tsvety” and “Stambul”, the Chasha, the Kazanka Embankment, Leninskaya Dam, where it is also planned to make pedestrian traffic, Bulak, Lake Kaban and the Zoo.

Igor Kulyazhev also spoke about other projects scheduled for implementation this year. “The priority goal in the design of the entrance to “Dubrava” is to preserve the existing landscape of the forest zone. The project involves the organization of the entrance zone from the side of Dubravnaya Street, which is very much in demand by users of the forest park, and the improvement of the adjacent territory”, said I. Kulyazhev. The essence of the object is the image of tree roots, manifested in the lines of footpaths, functional areas, as well as in the elements of the playground, swings and benches. Renting tents, cafes and a warm bus stop will also reflect the image of the woodcuts, they will be made of natural materials, explained I. Kulyazhev.

The program plans to restore a pedestal and a monument to the famous Bolshevik Sergo Ordzhonikidze in the Ordzhonikidze Square. The monument was made of plaster, but eventually collapsed, and it had to be dismantled. It is currently in storage. The speaker marked that the work on the restoration of the monument is important since it is a landmark object for the historical part of Sotsgorod. Until the 50s of the last century, the settlement named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze was located on this territory.

In addition to parks, city embankments are being landscaped in Kazan. “We received a large number of appeals about the need to improve the beach of Lake Komsomolskoe in the residential area of Derbyshki”, said I. Kulyazhev. Thus, since December of last year, meetings with residents and community activists were held. They considered and discussed the improvement project. Its implementation will start this year. The main task will be to clean the bottom of pollution and silt deposits. In addition, it is planned to create convenient pedestrian connections, establish facilities to illuminate the area, equip the beach with small architectural forms, plant shrubs and trees.

The work continues on the implementation of the project of the Russian-Chinese consortium “Turenscape” on the improvement of embankments of the Kaban lake system. I. Kulyazhev reported that this year, it will be extended by 1.5 km: from the building of the fitness center to Mardzhani Street. The new site will be divided into 4 functional areas: sport, historical part, forest, and bridge. Pedestrian paths will be laid along the embankment, and a pedestrian path will appear along the water. In total, about 30 new facilities will be created there, including observation sites, an amphitheater, a renewed school of water-rowing sports, a platform for yoga, a sports field, a pavilion with a mother-and-child room, food court, a swing, recreation areas, and a barbecue.

“We plan to start work in June and complete it in the fall so that residents can use the facility this year. Kaban Lake is a fairly long territory, so perhaps, we will take it in parts”, explained the chairman of the Committee for External Improvement.

The improvement of the coastal zone of the Lebyazhie lakes system starts in 2019. The concept of improvement is based on uniting the lake space formed by a hiking, skiing and cycling routes. Also this year, they will equip the beach on the Bolshoe Lebyazhie Lake. The main pedestrian connections will be laid there, lighting, toilet modules and beach equipment will be installed, as well as engineering networks.

“Due to the lack of funds, we could not use our water area. And the water space is the wealth that not every city has. But the situation is changing today. The shores of Kazanka, Bulak, and lakes receive improvement, and this is a completely different quality of life for residents”, said Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan.