Parque Lineal Veredas del Labrador

Parque Lineal Veredas del Labrador
Type Passive park
Location Barrio Primero, in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates

Phase I: from N 18.00841, W 66.60625 to N 17.99086 W 66.59702
and from N 18.00339 W 66.59357 to N 17.99086 W 66.59702
Phase II: from N 18.00811 W 66.60674 to N 17.96898 W 66.60079

Phase III: from N 18.00329 W 66.59329 to N 17.96828 W 66.59861
Area length = 12.7 km
Created 1992 (Phase I),[1] Phase II & III still under construction
Operated by Autonomous Municipality of Ponce
Open January 2011 (Phase I);[2] Phases II & III still under construction
Status Phase I complete, Phases II and III still under construction

The Parque Lineal Veredas del Labrador, also known as just Parque Lineal and as Veredas del Labrador,[3] is a passive park currently under construction in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The park will link to,[4] but it is different from, a neighboring park also currently under construction called Parque Ecológico Urbano.[5][6][7] The park runs along the Río Portugués and Río Bucaná rivers in the city of Ponce.

"Ponce En Marcha"

The park is under construction as part of the Ponce en Marcha plan. Parque Lineal started construction under the administration of mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo when an injection of $18 million was received from the Government of Puerto Rico as a result of a 1998 Supreme Court order, during the administration of mayor Churumba, and which mandated the Government of Puerto Rico to pay for certain infrastructure improvements in the municipality of Ponce.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Phases

The park consists of three mayor trenches and will be built in three corresponding phases. Phase I, consisting of 3.8 kilometers will run the along eastern bank of Río Portugués and along the western bank of Río Bucaná bordering the Julio Enrique Monagas Family Park. Phase II will stretch 4.9 km and run along the western bank of Rio Portugues until the point where it feeds Rio Bucana from where it continues running along the western bank of Rio Bucana until it empties in the Caribbean Sea. Phase III consists of 4 kilometers and runs along the eastern bank of Rio Bucana to the Caribbean Sea. As of October 2011, phase I was complete. As of May 2012 phase II had been completed also.[14] Phase II was completed at a cost of $38.1 million.

Description

The park runs in a general north-south axis about 500 meters east of the center of the city. It makes its way though areas next to some of the city's landmarks, including Campo Atlético Charles H. Terry, Centro de Convenciones de Ponce (Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico), and Parque Familiar Julio Enrique Monagas. It also brushes by the musical centers of the city - the residential communities of Bélgica and San Antón.[15]

Cost

The entire project was estimated to cost $22 million[16] to build, with Phase I costing $4.5 million.[17] Phases II and III are being built at a cost of $18 million.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Con $18 millones: Termina la espera por el Parque Lineal. Omar Alfonso. 16 February 2011. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Con $18 millones: Termina la espera por el Parque Lineal. Omar Alfonso. 16 February 2011. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Mapa Interactivo de Ponce:Number 33. Municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Arranca la semana entrante: Con fecha obras del Parque Ecológico . Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  5. ↑ MENSAJE DE SITUACIÓN Y PRESUPUESTO DEL ALCALDE DE PONCE, HON. FRANCISCO ZAYAS SEIJO, A LA LEGISLATURA MUNICIPAL DE PONCE CORRESPONDIENTE AL AÑO FISCAL 2008-2009. Primera Hora.
  6. ↑ Con $18 millones: Termina la espera por el Parque Lineal. Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Mapa Interactivo de Ponce:Number 33. Municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Ponceños de Verdad invita a vista judicial Plan Ponce en Marcha. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  9. ↑ Arturo Picó Valls: Confía en juez del pleito Ponce en Marcha. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  10. ↑ MENSAJE DE SITUACIÓN Y PRESUPUESTO DEL ALCALDE DE PONCE, HON. FRANCISCO ZAYAS SEIJO, A LA LEGISLATURA MUNICIPAL DE PONCE CORRESPONDIENTE AL AÑO FISCAL 2008-2009. Primera Hora.
  11. ↑ Con $18 millones: Termina la espera por el Parque Lineal. Omar Alfonso. 16 February 2011. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  12. ↑ Desde Penuelas hasta Sabana Grande: Rehabilitaran 30 kilometros de la PR-2". Jason Rodriguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 Agosto 2010.
  13. ↑ Denuncia Seilhamer Rodríguez: Imponen trabas al futuro de Mercedita. Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  14. ↑ Ponce: Mensaje del Presupuesto 2012-2013. Mayor Maria Melendez. Municipality of Ponce. Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Municipal Budget. Page 11. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  15. ↑ El Paseo Lineal: activo de gran potencial. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 32. Issue 1573. 22 January 2014. Page 18. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  16. ↑ Mensaje de Situacion y Presupuesto del Alcalde de Ponce, Hon. Francisco Zayas Seijo, a la Legislatura Municipal de Ponce Correspondiente al Año Fiscal 2008-2009. Hon. Francisco Zayas Seijo. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Page 54. Primera Hora. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  17. ↑ Municipio de Ponce con déficit menor . Michelle Estrada Torres. 31 May 2011. Primera Hora. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  18. ↑ Con $18 millones: Termina la espera por el Parque Lineal. Omar Alfonso. 16 February 2011. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 5 October 2011.

Coordinates: 18°0′28.15″N 66°36′22.75″W / 18.0078194°N 66.6063194°W / 18.0078194; -66.6063194

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