The Parque Lineal Veredas del Labrador, also known as Parque Lineal de Ponce, Veredas del Labrador, or just Parque Lineal, is a
passive park in
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
. The park links to, but it is different from, a neighboring park also currently under construction called ''
Parque Ecológico Urbano
The Parque Ecológico Urbano (English: Urban Ecological Park), also known as Parque Ecológico de Ponce, is a passive park in Ponce, Puerto Rico
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''. The park runs along the
Río Portugués and
Río Bucaná rivers in the city of Ponce.
Construction
Funds for the park had already been allocated by the administration of
Rafael Cordero Santiago
Rafael Cordero Santiago (24 October 1942 – 17 January 2004), better known as "Churumba", was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1989 to 2004. Many considered him as a synonym of Ponce, being baptized as "El León Mayor ...
in the summer of 1991. The park is being built as part of the ''Ponce en Marcha'' plan. Construction started under the administration of mayor
Francisco Zayas Seijo
Francisco R. Zayas Seijo, also known as Ico (born 4 October 1951), is a former member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives and mayor of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. During his 4-year mayoral term, Zayas Seijo established the Mariana ...
(2005-2009) when an injection of $18 million was received from the Government of Puerto Rico as a result of a 1998 Supreme Court decision, during the administration of mayor
Churumba, which mandated the Government pay for infrastructure improvements in Ponce.
Phases
The park consists of three main trenches built in three corresponding phases. Phase I runs for 3.8 km along the eastern bank of
Río Portugués and along the western bank of
Río Bucaná bordering the
Julio Enrique Monagas Family Park
Parque Familiar Julio Enrique Monagas (English: ''Julio Enrique Monagas Family Park'') is Puerto Rico's largest passive park.[Caribbean Sea
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. Phase III runs parallel for 4 km along the eastern bank of Río Bucana. Phase I was completed in October 2011, and Phase II in May 2012 at a cost of $38.1 million.
Description
The park runs in a general north-south axis about 500 meters east of the center of the city. It makes its way through areas next to some of the city's landmarks, including
Campo Atlético Charles H. Terry,
Centro de Convenciones de Ponce (Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico), and
Parque Familiar Julio Enrique Monagas. It also brushes by the musical centers of the city - the residential communities of Bélgica and
San Antón.
Cost
The entire project was estimated to cost $22 million to build, with Phase I costing $4.5 million. As of October 2011, phases II and III were being built at a cost of $18 million.
''Con $18 millones: Termina la espera por el Parque Lineal.''
Omar Alfonso. 16 February 2011. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 5 October 2011. Weblink updated 6 September 2019.
References
External links
Map of the park and its 3 phases
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Urban public parks
Parks in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Protected areas established in 1992
2011 in Puerto Rico
1992 establishments in Puerto Rico