1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. The gentrification of the Eastern city district, its green spaces and housing areas with new open spaces and play areas (3, 5);
2. Relief street traffic by offering alternative transition opportunities for bicycle traffic (5);
3. Integrate the bicycle lane network into the regional network of paths and thereby foster sustainable mobility in Leipzig (3, 5);
4. Enhance connectivity of the Eastern districts (Volksmarsdorf, Schönefeld, Sellerhausen, Anger-Crottendorf, Stötteritz and Reudnitz) with the city centre (3, 5);
5. Connect several attractive green areas, unexplored sites and monuments of the industry and railway era (2);
6. Catalyze cautious upgrade, which is primarily based on the commitment of local actors (5).
2. Relief street traffic by offering alternative transition opportunities for bicycle traffic (5);
3. Integrate the bicycle lane network into the regional network of paths and thereby foster sustainable mobility in Leipzig (3, 5);
4. Enhance connectivity of the Eastern districts (Volksmarsdorf, Schönefeld, Sellerhausen, Anger-Crottendorf, Stötteritz and Reudnitz) with the city centre (3, 5);
5. Connect several attractive green areas, unexplored sites and monuments of the industry and railway era (2);
6. Catalyze cautious upgrade, which is primarily based on the commitment of local actors (5).
Quantitative targets
Implementing a five kilometer belt consisting of bicycle and pedestrian lanes that integrates the Eastern part of the city with its city center (2, 3)
Monitoring indicators defined
No monitoring indicators set for this project
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Please specify "other Habitats and biodiversity restoration activity"
Rehabilitate derelict areas formerly used for industrial purposes
What types of restoration goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
What activities are implemented to realize the restoration goals and targets?
Implementation activities
Following an intensive citizens engagement process (workshops, fora etc.) the Master Plan was approved in 2016 and presents the major project ideas for the further step-wise development of the belt.
- Preparation of preparatory studies on how to deal with the existing bridge structures, reports on nature and environmental issues and on suitable areas for accessibility for the disabled (5)
- Transformation of the old railway tracks into greened bicycle lanes and pedestrian paths (1,2)
- Transformation or renovation of monuments like the Grassi museum (connection to the inner city), an old cemetery, a former administrative facility of the railway company into cultural spaces and restaurants (1,2)
- Transformation of the old train station, a former fire station into recreational areas, such as the Lene-Voigt-Park which used to be a former train station, and to urban nature areas such as urban forests and community gardens (1,2)
- Preparation of a preliminary a 250 stretch of an old viaduct which will serve as an elevated outlook point and a greened canopy trail passing the conserved brownfield of the former post train station. Construction works should start in 2017 (1, 2).
- Preparation of preparatory studies on how to deal with the existing bridge structures, reports on nature and environmental issues and on suitable areas for accessibility for the disabled (5)
- Transformation of the old railway tracks into greened bicycle lanes and pedestrian paths (1,2)
- Transformation or renovation of monuments like the Grassi museum (connection to the inner city), an old cemetery, a former administrative facility of the railway company into cultural spaces and restaurants (1,2)
- Transformation of the old train station, a former fire station into recreational areas, such as the Lene-Voigt-Park which used to be a former train station, and to urban nature areas such as urban forests and community gardens (1,2)
- Preparation of a preliminary a 250 stretch of an old viaduct which will serve as an elevated outlook point and a greened canopy trail passing the conserved brownfield of the former post train station. Construction works should start in 2017 (1, 2).
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The implementation of the large park belt can be considered an infrastructural innovation making use of the most diverse urban elements, such as monuments, recreational areas, parks to create a continuous pathway that has the potential as a new tourist attraction while elegantly connecting city districts (Ref. 8).
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The project aims at replicating the role model project "High Lane Park" on the former overhead railway in Manhattan which was greened, benches erected and has become an important tourist attraction since 2009 (Ref. 8). This project decisively expands this idea by integrating actors like the private sector, cultural organizations, citizens and the like (Ref. 5).
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
