About that, was announced by occupation "chairman" of Crimea Sergey Aksonov on Facebook.

According to him, the task of the occupying power is to bring the parks of Simferopol "in order" in a few years. Planned to landscape the Gagarin park, the green zone near DKP, Peace Square and other areas.

According to Aksonov, after August 5, a decision was made to hold a competition to develop a concept for the reconstruction of the park. Gagarin, it is expected that by 15 of the September at 2020, there will be a "slice of public opinion."

Also, after the formation of the terms of reference, by 1st of October, the competition will be announced, which will involve specialists from Russia.

It is noted that the best concept should be determined by 10 of December, after which a contract will be signed for design and survey work.

According to the report of the occupying "chairman" of Crimea, from 1st of June, 2021, a permit must be obtained for construction and installation work, which is planned to be completed in 2022.

What is knows

• For 43 million rubles (16.3 million hryven), which were provided in the last reconstruction of the Gagarin park in 2017-2018, the territory had to change the asphalt pavement, equip berths on the waterfront and install new benches. However, the result of the reconstruction work was criticized by local residents.
• Citizens of Simferopol complained about dirt, construction debris and dug trenches in Gagarin Park. The reconstruction was to be completed in 2017.
• The firm Consol, which is linked to the "speaker" of the Crimean occupation parliament, Volodymyr Konstantinov, was responsible for the construction work.