Parque Central de Santiago: Santiago’s new city park
The Santiago City Government opened the Santiago Central Park (Parque Central de Santiago) to the general park on Sunday, 18 February 2018. The Ministry of Public Works announced the official inauguration on Tuesday, 20 February. The park has an area of around 350,000 square meters. Some 80,000 trees were planted to contribute to the biodiversity of the new ecosystem that is now the main green space of the country’s second largest city. The trees serve as an important habitat of bird species in the area.
The park includes play areas and a botanical gardens section that later was relocated to Licey on the outskirts of Santiago. As part of the construction, the Ministry of Public Works contracts took advantage of the runway to build sports courts for basketball, tennis, bicycling and other sports.
The park is centrally located at Av. Bartolome Colon. An outside gate was built to control the admission to the park and its security.
The construction start was announced in 2006 after the park site had first been set aside for construction by Decree 383-00 dated 8 August 2000.
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Source: DR1, Eldia
Feb 25, 2018
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