It was promised that the stairs of the Peoples’ Friendship Park would be completely restored within the framework of the Comfortable Urban Environment program in the summer of 2023. The project proposed the repair of monolithic concrete steps and platforms, the installation of cast iron handrails, taking into account the preservation of the uniform historical style of the stairs and the New Venets Boulevard.
It was planned to build access roads for special equipment and start dismantling the stairs by 2023. The preliminary cost of the work was 1.5 million rubles; the construction contractor MBU prepared the tender documentation.
But natural forces intervened. The mayor’s office said that because of the landslides, “the piles have shifted quite significantly.” Contractors cut down underbrush and trees and wanted to level the slope for the entrance of heavy equipment and cranes that would carry out the concrete and construction work. It was all limited to work under the municipal contract: landscaping and landscaping along the stairs.
The town hall indicated to Ulpress that to carry out the necessary work, a geological study of the state of the embankment is necessary.
– There are no objects on the list for next year. Moreover, theoretically, its inclusion is possible. The staircase is on the list of improvement objects, valid until 2030.
