Štěpánka's park will change within a year, the city wants to invest nearly 29 million

The deputies first discussed the topic of Štěpánčin park at a working meeting, then last June eleven votes decided on revitalization. Among the coalition representatives, Miroslav Lorenc (ANO) abstained, but opposition representative Jakub Nepustil (Živé Prachatice) joined. "The representatives want to revitalize all at once and not in stages. It should start around October, with the modification of the greenery, for which the vegetative rest period will apply at that time. The construction work itself will only start in the spring," Prachatyk mayor Martin Malý said recently. The project as such is completely ready with a building permit. It should be completed in June 2022.

The project envisages the modification of the area behind SNP 559, where there will be a parking lot for residents of the locality, who have been complaining about the lack of space for a long time, and behind the neighboring grocery store. There will be a new footpath from the center to the Na Sadech housing estate. There is also the possibility of a subsidy. "We will ask the region for this next year," plans Martin Malý and assures that the city of Prachatice will not incur debt to modify the park and its surroundings and thus connect the entire location to the already ongoing reconstruction of the summer cinema. "We have set the budget for this year too pessimistically and it seems that revenues are developing better than we expected," said Martin Malý.

Štěpánčin Park:- Štěpánčin Park is part of the Prachatice Municipal Monument Reserve. It was opened in 1881. The mature trees come mainly from this time.- In 2017, the city of Prachatice organized an architectural competition for a proposal for the revitalization of Štěpánčin park.- In January 2018, the project preparation for this event was processed, namely Ing. Kateřina Miholová from Brno. - The project preparation was completed in 2019 with the acceptance of the project documentation. What the project is counting on: - Interventions in the tree floor will be thought out with regard to the health of the trees and long-term sustainability. - The gazebo will be left in its current state, its maintenance and refinement of the existing shades of the color solution. A central space will be created around it, enabling the organization of social events with seating, a mobile podium, sales stands, etc. - Entering the park from Solní street and connecting sidewalks will form the main paved area in the park paved with small stone cubes. This will be further complemented by footpaths made of sledgehammers, and with the same surface also the area of ​​the so-called solarium at the western edge of the historical park under the existing retaining walls with the function of an alternative residence center.- The surfaces in the historical park will be modeled so that rainwater flows from the paved areas into the adjacent grassy areas and in - Along the sidewalk near Hradební Street and Zlatá Stezka Street, a fence with a plastered sub-lining covered with stone slabs and steel frame fillings between metal posts will be erected as a reminder of the original historical condition. The plinth copies the slope of the terrain with height deviations.- The main entrance to the park from Solní street is emphasized by a pair of columns, divided into a base, a stem and a head. In the interests of easy access to the area, a pedestrian passage will be provided through the park to SNP Street between the summer cinema and apartment building No. 422 and between apartment buildings No. 423 and 424, as well as in the axis of Sokolovská Street between the grocery store No. 558 and No. 559.- The existing road at No. 145 in Zlatá Stezka Street (Krebul) to the rear of this building will be widened for the benefit of the traffic service and open into a new handling area designed as a gravel lawn. ) and the adjacent building No. 559 is designed as a viewing platform for the historical park. Part of the project is the repair of the road here, the modification of the parking lot to a total of 14 spaces and the construction of a shed for containers.