Baku waits for its ‘Winter Boulevard’

Construction of the Winter Boulevard in the center of Baku is to complete in 2013. The Baku City Executive Power reported that the construction of a park and two-storey underground car park on the Winter Boulevard territory on Fizuli Street is underway.

"By late April, we plan to complete removal of the population from this territory, and all work on the construction of the park and parking will be over next year," a Baku Executive Power’s source said.

Under the Draft Plan (approved in 1985), the Winter Boulevard will stretch from the Baku Railway Station to Azerbaijan Drama Theatre. The Winter Boulevard implies a kind of shelter from wind as Baku is the "city of winds", and it is hardly useful to walk on the Baku Boulevard in winter because of wind, cold temperature and humidity. There is almost no wind in this part of the city because of its location.

Besides, construction of an additional exit of ‘28May’ metro station is planned in this area. Landscaping has already been launched partly on this territory. Thus, roads (on Samed Vurgun Street) were expanded on the area adjacent to the construction zone.


/abc.az/