In Irkutsk, the concept for developing the Angara waterfront was approved, a promenade of over 100,000 square meters will connect the hydroelectric dam and Postyshev Boulevard. They plan to create an urban recreation area with sports facilities, playgrounds, pavilions and parking, as well as a pier for water transport. Separate four lane traffic is planned along Upper Embankment and further landscaping after bank reinforcement work.
The embankment, with an area of over 100,000 square meters, will connect the hydroelectric dam and Postyshev Boulevard. The concept for the development of this territory has been approved by the deputies of the Irkutsk City Duma.As the chief architect of Irkutsk, Inna Kondratyeva, said, the urban planning concept for the Angara waterfront area consists in creating an urban recreational zone. Along the boulevard, which is about 4 km long, it is planned to place sports facilities, children's playgrounds, play pavilions, and parking lots. Four-lane vehicular traffic will be organized on Verkhnyaya Naberezhnaya Street.
For transport water service, a pier is provided, which may be located at the site of the previously existing one.
The improvement of Verkhnyaya Naberezhnaya Street will be carried out after the bank protection works on the Angara embankment are completed under the long-term target program "Eco-logical City for 2013-2017".