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
Phase III: from N 18.00329 W 66.59329 to N 17.96828 W 66.59861
Area
12.7 kilometres (7.9 mi) (length)
Created
1992 (Phase I),[1] Phases II & III still under construction (as of 2011)
January 2011 (Phase I);[2] Phases II & III still under construction
Status
Phase I complete, Phases II and III still under construction
The Parque Lineal Veredas del Labrador, also known as Parque Lineal de Ponce,[3]Veredas del Labrador,[4] or just Parque Lineal, is a passive park in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The park links to,[5] but it is different from, a neighboring park also currently under construction called Parque Ecológico Urbano.[6][7][8] The park runs along the Río Portugués and Río Bucaná rivers in the city of Ponce.
Construction
Funds for the park had already been allocated by the administration of Rafael Cordero Santiago in the summer of 1991.[9] The park is being built as part of the Ponce en Marcha plan. Construction started under the administration of mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo (2005-2009) when an injection of $18 million was received from the Government of Puerto Rico as a result of a 1998 Supreme Court decision, during the administration of mayor Churumba, which mandated the Government pay for infrastructure improvements in Ponce.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Phases
The park consists of three main trenches built in three corresponding phases. Phase I runs for 3.8 km along the eastern bank of Río Portugués and along the western bank of Río Bucaná bordering the Julio Enrique Monagas Family Park. Phase II runs for 4.9 km along the western bank of Rio Portugues to the point where it feeds Rio Bucana, whence it runs along its left bank to the Caribbean Sea. Phase III runs parallel for 4 km along the eastern bank of Río Bucana. Phase I was completed in October 2011, and Phase II in May 2012[16] at a cost of $38.1 million.
The entire project was estimated to cost $22 million[18] to build, with Phase I costing $4.5 million.[19] As of October 2011, phases II and III were being built at a cost of $18 million.[20]
^Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 253.
^"Desde Penuelas hasta Sabana Grande: Rehabilitaran 30 kilometros de la PR-2". Jason Rodriguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 Agosto 2010.
^El Paseo Lineal: activo de gran potencial. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 32. Issue 1573. 22 January 2014. Page 18. Retrieved 22 January 2014. Weblink updated 3 February 2021.
