Tuesday, 17. 6. 2014

New park surface at barje

You are invited to the new park surface along the south Ljubljana Ring Road, which was arranged within the “Connection of Ljubljana to the Ljubljansko Barje Nature Park” project.

The Connection of Ljubljana to the Ljubljansko Barje Nature Park project was based as part of the VIZIJE SO exhibition series by the Architects' Society of Ljubljana. The aim is to link the city with the Ljubljansko Barje Nature Park on the north-south axis and also to clean, green and, with a few pieces of urban equipment, convert the unregulated and even degraded area into a recreation zone. The outline solution of modest investment procedures will provide the public and citizens access to the unique natural environment for leisure time activities.

The already executed activities within the area arrangement are the removal of 300 t of construction materials, 15 t of asbestos waste, large amount of used tyres and other municipal waste; removal of non-indigenous vegetation, pruning of trees and hedges after the glaze ice disaster; 150 m3 of biomass has already been transported for further processing; removal of non-native plant species and objects: preserving the existing concrete slabs as picnic areas; deep soil mulching in the area (11,000 m2) and surface mulching of the meadow (24,000 m2).

The already executed activities within the park area arrangement are the planting of 90 trees; greening of the surface damaged by various interventions; gravelling of the existing paths; arrangement of the footpaths with wood chips in the area of the Ljubljansko Barje Nature Park; construction of a small bridge over the canal at the park’s entrance; installation of the safety fence at the entrance bridge; preparation and placing of information panels, and installation of pieces of urban equipment – benches, children's playground, etc.

The total amount of the project expenses is approximately 250,000 EUR.