Parque Lineal Veredas del Labrador
| Parque Lineal Veredas del Labrador | |
|---|---|
| Type | Passive park |
| Location | Barrio Primero, in Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates |
Phase I: from N 18.00841, W 66.60625 to N 17.99086 W 66.59702 |
| Area | length = 12.7 km |
| Created | 1992 (Phase I), Phase II & III still under construction |
| Operated by | Autonomous Municipality of Ponce |
| Open | January 2011 (Phase I); Phases II & III still under construction |
| Status | Phase I complete, Phases II and III still under construction |
Phase I: from N 18.00841, W 66.60625 to N 17.99086 W 66.59702
and from N 18.00339 W 66.59357 to N 17.99086 W 66.59702
Phase II: from N 18.00811 W 66.60674 to N 17.96898 W 66.60079
The Parque Lineal Veredas del Labrador, also known as just Parque Lineal and as Veredas del Labrador, is a passive park currently under construction in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The park will link to, but it is different from, a neighboring park also currently under construction called Parque Ecológico Urbano. The park runs along the Río Portugués and Río Bucaná rivers in the city of Ponce.
The park is under construction as part of the Ponce en Marcha plan. Parque Lineal started construction under the administration of mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo when an injection of $18 million was received from the Government of Puerto Rico as a result of a 1998 Supreme Court order, during the administration of mayor Churumba, and which mandated the Government of Puerto Rico to pay for certain infrastructure improvements in the municipality of Ponce.
The park consists of three mayor trenches and will be built in three corresponding phases. Phase I, consisting of 3.8 kilometers will run the along eastern bank of Río Portugués and along the western bank of Río Bucaná bordering the Julio Enrique Monagas Family Park. Phase II will stretch 4.9 km and run along the western bank of Rio Portugues until the point where it feeds Rio Bucana from where it continues running along the western bank of Rio Bucana until it empties in the Caribbean Sea. Phase III consists of 4 kilometers and runs along the eastern bank of Rio Bucana to the Caribbean Sea. As of October 2011, phase I was complete. As of May 2012 phase II had been completed also. Phase II was completed at a cost of $38.1 million.
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