Antwerp: (Brussels Morning) – The Scheldekaaien park in Nieuw Zuid is being transformed into an eco-friendly green space with new walking and cycling paths, 300 trees, water features, pavilions, benches and playgrounds while also improving flood defenses and bicycle infrastructure.
The park at Scheldekaaien in Nieuw Zuid is part of a plan to make the area more green and eco-friendly. They made new paths for walking and cycling that are safe and nice to use. These paths are made to help people enjoy the outdoors and connect with nature. The park’s design focuses on making it easy for everyone to access and enjoy the park no matter how old or physically able they are. They’re adding 300 new trees to make the park even nicer. They’ll plant the trees in November for them to grow well. These trees will make the park look better, provide shade, clean the air and help local animals. Planting them at the right time cause they care about the park’s future and the environment.
What Features and Improvements are Planned for the New Scheldekaaien Park in Antwerp?
The new park is planning to open part of it in spring 2025 and the whole park should be finished by summer 2025. The park will have water features like ponds, streams, or fountains to make it look nice and give people fun things to do. They’re building two pavilions in the park. These buildings can be used for different things like gatherings, events and community activities. They might have seats and facilities like restrooms or snack stands. They’ve already put in benches all around the park. People can sit, relax, chat and enjoy the park comfortably. They’ve made two playgrounds in the park for kids of all ages. The playgrounds have slides, swings, climbing things and sandpits so kids can have fun and play safely. The park will have water stuff, buildings for events, benches to sit and playgrounds for kids. It’s all to make a fun park for families to relax, play and hang out together.
How will the new Bike Path and Improved Flood Defenses along the Scheldt Benefit Antwerp’s Residents?
A new bike path has opened between Namenstraat and Jef Cassiersstraat. It’s a key link for cyclists along the Scheldt making it easier for people to commute and get around. This path is just for bikes so it helps reduce traffic and supports eco-friendly transportation. The bike path will become even more important when they build the Scheldt bridge. The person in charge of transportation, Koen Kennis says the path will help commuters and will be even more crucial with the new bridge. The city is serious about improving how people get around and supporting eco-friendly ways of travel.
They’re fixing the old walls by the water. Max Verdonck says the walls are 120 years old and have had problems staying strong. They’re working on making the walls better so they can stop floods for the next 100 years.