The Capital City Hall announces that, starting Tuesday, the Bucharest Lakes, Parks and Recreation Administration will remove water from Lake Herăstrău to strengthen the banks.
“The lowering process will last until June 8, when they enter the tank with the machines. Until then, we are relocating the ducks to Floreasca Lake and, once the water flows, the fish will reach the next lake,” says a post on the municipality's Facebook page.
After the drying of the lake, the work to secure the shores, which are already damaged on some parts, follows.
“The works involve emptying the lake, cleaning the lake basin, which is dirty and clogged, and the execution of works to support and strengthen the banks. We are doing works that will last 100 years”, said mayor Ciprian Ciucu.
A project in three phases
The works were announced as early as May 19, when the cost was estimated at 45,000,000 lei, and the duration of the works at 13 months.
“Soon, we will start working on the Herăstrău Park! We want to restore its charm, arrange it in a meaningful, coherent, elegant way. But it should also be safe. In 2-3 weeks, we will empty the lake of water and begin the shore defenses. At the same time, we will carry out expertise to establish technical solutions for intervention at pontoons and landings”, announced the Capital City Hall on its Facebook page.
The project to consolidate the shores of the lake, however, stops at the area with terraces, from Șoseaua Nordului. In order to be able to rehabilitate the lake shore in that area, the terraces should be demolished/dismantled because they are on the pontoons on the shore.
“I want to say one thing from now on, let it remain, and not be attributed to me later: I signed (after unlocking) the construction permit for securing the shores of the lake, but – and please note here – the technical project does not cover, it stops at the song terraces area. The project was ordered several years ago, I had a choice between signing it as it came to me, with all the opinions taken, including from Apele Române (a big deal), and to restart it from scratch”, announced mayor Ciprian Ciucu, since April, on his Facebook page.
The mayor says that the project has been divided into several phases, and for the area with the terraces, an expertise will be made and the design will be contracted here as well. In the first phase, one meter of the water level will be taken, in order to widen the surrounding alleys, and the bottom of the lake will also be cleaned. The second phase includes the part of the terraces. The third phase includes the jetty.
The biggest park in Bucharest
Herăstrău Park – the largest park in Bucharest – is composed of three parks, which in total have almost 130 hectares. It is about Herăstrăul vechi, located between Prezan Constantin boulevard, bd. Aviatorilor, Shos. Nordului, str. Elena Vacarescu, Șos. Bucharest-Ploiesti and Sos. Kisellef. It was established in 1938 and inaugurated by King Charles II. Area: 52.5 hectares. Miorița is part of the Miorița well and DN1 and has an area of 25.5 hectares. Herăstraul Nou, located on Șoseaua Nordului, was established in 1951 and has an area of 51.9 hectares.
