Budapest City Center getting a new park

The construction of the underground garage will begin soon. The establishment of a new park on the industrial area between the Millenaris Park and Margit Boulevard is also among the plans.  More than 300 saplings, extended lawn, significant surface of water, a modern playground and a special green wall will await visitors.

According to PestBuda.hu, the construction of the underground garage in the Millenaris Park will begin this week, and the whole park will be extended from the aspects of both territory and function by the end of the next year, minister of national economy Mihály Varga told MTI.

The restoration of the area between Millenaris Park and Margit Boulevard has begun three years ago with the demolition of the former office building. It is always a time-consuming process to rehabilitate the areas of rust.

They will tidy up the place

Mihály Varga emphasized that he understands the impatience of the local people, and he cannot wait to spend some quiet hours with his wife and children in the completed park. He added: it is worth to remember the desperate situation in the middle of Buda. It disturbed the people of Buda, but those in charge did not dare to take action.

“But it is better this way, otherwise a plaza or a luxury office building would stand here, as there were plans for this. Then the Fidesz government decided to clean up here. First the ownerships had to be made clear, which was not a simple case. The demolition of the building had to happen in the crowded neighborhood, and in the case of one of the industrial building’s – called the Melegpörgető – walls thicker than one meter had to be torn down with a special technique”, Mihály Varga stated. He added that the shipping of the enormous amount of clink took more than a year, and the permission of the plans were also delayed, but Millenáris Széllkapu Nonprofit Ltd. does not need any excuses.

“We are close to the finish line: the constructor will arrive this week and the construction of the underground garage begins. If everything goes as planned, the park will also be completed by the end of the next year, and we might enjoy the extended functions of Millenaris Park, walking among green trees by the spring of 2019”, as he claimed.

The birth of a new park

The minister highlighted that this will be the first big green park in the heart of Budapest since a long time. More than 300 saplings, extended lawn, significant surface of water, a modern playground and a special green wall will await visitors. The traffic of Fény Street will go underground, so the new park will become one with the renewed Millenaris.