Construction work in the city park
Second construction phase of farm track - start of construction in December
The so-called service road in the city park from Otto Werner Garten to Scheffelstraße was already extended in 2012. Due to limited financial resources, the last section towards Scheffelstraße could not be upgraded at that time. Further damage was caused to this unrenovated section of the path by the 2013 floods. The approx. 260 metre-long section along the gardens and the Rosarium restaurant to Scheffelstraße will now be completely upgraded from December.
The path will be 3.70 metres wide and built as an asphalt path on appropriate base layers. Similar to the new section of path built in 2012, a special bitumen-bound surface treatment with gravel chippings will be used to create the surface agreed with the heritage authority. The adjoining path connections will be constructed with a water-bound path surface.
To clear the construction site, shrubs will have to be cut back or cleared and seven trees that are not part of the original stock of the listed park will have to be felled. Once the construction work has been completed, 52 shrubs and one tree will be replanted in the neighbouring park area and lawns will be laid.
Subject to the weather, the pruning and felling work required to prepare for the construction work will be carried out this year.
Depending on the weather in the winter months, the dismantling of the old path will then begin in the new year and the new base layers will be installed. The construction and landscaping work should then be completed by 20 May 2017.
The construction work will be carried out by Chemnitzer Tiefbau GmbH. Simonsen Freianlagen Freiraumplanungsgesellschaft mbH from Wilsdruff, which has already prepared the planning documents, has been commissioned with the local construction supervision.
A total of around 103,000 euros has been budgeted for the planning and construction work for the development of this section of road. The measure is subsidised by flood funds from the federal government, the Free State of Saxony and the City of Chemnitz.
The city park, designed by city garden director Otto Werner, is the second largest park in Chemnitz with its 67 hectares and is fully listed and largely protected. It connects the city centre with the Erzgebirge foothills and also serves as a retention area for the Chemnitz River during floods. It is accessed by two parallel paths, the Heinrich Sturm Weg and the so-called Wirtschaftsweg.