More comfortable, more robust but above all more ecological. Since this week, the Citadel is adorned with new benches. It was high time to replace the old concrete benches, installed in the 1970s.
Since 2003, the (re) developments have transformed the Citadel Park. After the replacement of dilapidated lampposts with modern ones, the creation of fitness trails and the placement of baskets all over the park, it is the turn of the benches to get a facelift.
Remember, the old benches, massive, concrete - not very ecological - did not fit harmoniously into the park. For once, the new ones with their cast iron base and wooden slats blend into the wooded landscape. “It was time to change them! On some it was not even possible to sit down, they were falling to pieces, ”confides a walker. Even the details have been thought out: the olive green feet of the new benches are the same color as the floor lamps, the seat is wide and ergonomic, for more comfort. “There is a real concern for the development of the Citadel Park, it is very busy,” emphasizes Éric Quiquet, assistant for green spaces. The installation of new benches comes to end an investment cycle on the Citadel. From now on, all the equipment of the park is refurbished, ”he concludes. In 2010, however, the renovation of all the exterior ramparts of the Citadel Park, which have not undergone any intervention since 1827, will begin. A heavy project that will last for nearly 10 years.
92 certified wood benches
Built in solid pine from ecological forests of the Vosges, apart from the cast iron feet, the benches are ecological from A to Z. Certified to standards to guarantee sustainable forest management, the wood is stained with water to limit fumes polluting substances.
For the 63 benches of the Citadel, the 8 of the Vauban garden and the 21 of the facade of the esplanade, the operation costs 57 euros.
In about ten days, all the benches will be changed and you will then be able to come and test their comfort and judge for yourself their “eco-style”.
CELINE MASFRAND
north flash news source