A third of trees and 300 thousand flowers: how St. Petersburg transformed after the autumn harvest

In the Northern capital ended the autumn month for improvement. In a matter of weeks, utilities put the streets in order, renovated sidewalks and planted a record number of plants, preparing the city for the cold. This was reported in the Committee for the improvement of St. Petersburg.

According to the Improvement Committee, road services exceeded the monthly plan to eliminate defects on the sidewalks by almost 50% - workers eliminated pits and cracks. By the same percentage over the norm replaced damaged fences along the highways. Also, the specialists washed 3,241 stop pavilions and almost 19 thousand urns.

Garden and park farms for the month planted about a third of the annual volume of trees and an eighth part of shrubs (ivas, spruce, oaks, maples, birches, lilacs, spirea, sourdough, roses). For spring prepared 301 thousand bulbous flowers. In addition, paths and lawns were repaired on a total area of almost 29 thousand square meters.

According to the Improvement Committee, the collection of foliage and debris is carried out at all landscaping facilities: in 91 parks, 136 gardens, 165 boulevards, 1,753 squares and 1,525 street landscaping facilities. In total, 225,000 people took part in the events. The main goal of these works is to complete seasonal tasks and prepare the city infrastructure for the winter period.