Regeneration of Garitsa and Anemomylos Parks begins

The Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands Mayor signed today the contract for the regeneration of the Garitsa and Anemomylos Parks with the contracting company. The budget of the project is €2,080,000 and the work will start immediately with a 15-month deadline. Mayor Meropi Ydraiou expressed her satisfaction for this positive development with a statement.
          
The work that will be done will be mild with the aim of upgrading and regenerating the park so that it is functional and accessible. The work that will be done concerns a series of actions aimed at the regeneration and upgrade of the Garitsa and Anemomylos Parks, starting from ‘Douglas Column’ to the area of ‘Nautilus’ and along the Garitsa Bay and the Garitsa and Anemomylos neighbourhoods. In particular:
 
 
Garitsa Park
          
For the Garitsa Park the project includes the following:
- Improvement of pedestrian path
- Rest areas and play areas on the inner side of the existing bridge
- Improvement of existing children's playground
- Construction of new skating area
- Improvement of the existing basketball court
- 6 adult gymnastics apparatus
- Repair and reconstruction of public toilets
- Replacement of benches
- Complete replacement of electrical equipment and network
- New waste bins
- Reconstruction of Garitsa shore pavement
- Improvement of green areas
- Placement of signs with information
- Placement of benches round the lawn to the south of the skating area
 
 
Anemomylos Park
 
For the Anemomylos Park the project includes the following:
- Improvement of pedestrian path
- Improvement of existing children's playground
- New benches
- Replacement of the electromechanical equipment
- New waste bins
- Construction of area for Bocce to be played
- Two table tennis tables
- Creation of area for special events, talks etc. with three seating tiers
- 6 adult gymnastics apparatus
- Repair and reconstruction of public toilets
- Placement of signs with information
- Improvement of green areas
          
It should be noted that the project will be implemented in three sub-projects, which concern the regeneration of Garitsa and Anemomylos Parks, the equipment for the upgrading of Garitsa and Anemomylos Parks and the archaeological research.
 
 
Mayor Meropi Ydraiou: Great project in an important area of our island
 
Mayor Meropi Ydraiou expressed her satisfaction for this positive development and noted that this project is one of the main priorities of the Municipality. As she pointed out, the funding was secured and the current Municipal Authority made every effort to complete all the necessary actions (studies, licensing, approvals, tendering procedure) in order for this project to be contracted. 
 
Mrs. Υdraiou stressed that the Municipal Authority is taking the opportunity to implement the regeneration of the Garitsa Park and pointed out to the project’s contractor the need to carry out the work perfectly, as well as the timetable and the particular care and sensitivity with which they must implement this project. She added that this is an extremely important project in an important area of our island, which the citizens have been waiting for for many years. She also thanked the businesspeople and residents of the area for their cooperation with the Municipality.
 
She then thanked the Deputy Mayor for Technical Works Nikos Kalogeros, the responsible employees and the Head of the Municipal Department for Greenery for their hard work.
 
The project’s contractor said that the maximum effort will be made to meet the deadlines, while they asked for the resident’s understanding for any – temporary – inconvenience that may be caused by the work that will be carried out.