Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klichko opened a ladder from the Landscape alley to Podol in the tract of Gonchary-Kozhemyaki and part of a large tourist route that in future will connect the Landscape alley with the Friendship Arch of Peoples.
"I am happy to present an updated ladder from the Landscape alley to Podol - to the Gonchary-Kozhemyaki tract. This recreation area is an important project. We have reconstructed not only the staircase. Today we also represent part of the tourist route in the historical center of the city, "Klitschko said..
He added that the part of the route that has already been set up starts from the staircase from the Landscape alley and leads to the Andreevsky Descent and the Artist's Alley. It is planned that in the future the big route near the People's Friendship Arch will be completed - after the reconstruction of the second stage of the Vladimirskaya Gorka Park and the construction of a pedestrian bridge between the hill and the People's Friendship Arch. The bridge between the Vladimir Hill and the People's Friendship Arch plans to open by the summer of next year.
The last time a major overhaul of the staircase and the surrounding area took place half a century ago. In 2016, it was decided to reconstruct. Wooden staircases in the Kozhemyaki tract were in a dilapidated emergency condition, they were dismantled. The new ones are made of concrete, but the steps themselves, still wooden, are made of wear-resistant and waterproof thermal wood.
Stairs, the length of which is more than 200 meters, consists of 247 steps.
The stairs are illuminated in the evening - LED lighting was installed in the railing.
On the slope, near the stairs, landscaping and landscaping of the territory. Strengthened the slopes, on the alley of the tourist route built a public restroom. Also installed alarm button, CCTV cameras on the stairs and lanes. There are access zones to Wi-Fi. Observation platforms are equipped, new benches and urns are installed, LED lighting of the territory. This is reported by "Arguments and Facts Ukraine".