Brand-new park development will make Budapest 4,500 m2 greener
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Hungary and especially Budapest has a lot of ongoing development projects in this period, and one of them includes the renewal of a public park in the heart of district IX in Ferencváros with a total of 9,000 square metres of area.
Back in October 2020, Pestbuda reported that the planning phase of the Markusovszky Square, a 9,000 m2 public park will be reworked since the previous developments did not fulfill their purpose.
What makes the project unique is that according to the news site, the local residents were involved in the planning process by being able to vote in a questionnaire about what they wished to see in the park.
More than 300 people answered a questionnaire and 75% of them imagined the park to be an area where people can relax and spend their free time. 62% of the people who answered the survey mentioned the necessity of a clean and modern, easily accessible public toilet in the park, while 60% of them wanted the park to include a playground.
According to the public’s needs, the park will include an outdoor fitness area, a dog park, a fountain as well as a sports field and a BUBI (bicycle renting service) station, Pestbuda reports.
Pénzcentrum wrote that the local municipality of district IX is aware of the parking problem around the square and wanted to include an underground parking lot with a total of 120 parking places right beneath the public park.
