In Irkutsk, due to road reconstruction and widening, they plan to offset tree cutting with new plantings. In the next few years, 800 trees will be planted, and funds for restoring green spaces are already included in road work budgets. This year, repairs and upgrades will affect several streets and roads, and new plantings will include silver poplars, elms, and other trees.
Due to the reconstruction and widening of roads in Irkutsk, plans are in place to plant trees to replace those that were cut down.This year alone, major repairs continue on Napolnaya and Remeslennaya streets, shortcomings in the overhaul of Mira Street are being corrected, Baikalskaya Street is being widened from Rzhanova Street to the Baikal Highway, the road along the Pokrovsky market is being modernized, roads to the city garden plots are being repaired, as well as Partizanskaya Street and the access road from Starokuzmikhinskaya Street to Akademicheskaya Street.
According to the administration’s plans, over the next few years 800 green plantings will be planted in place of the trees that were cut down. Funds to restore Irkutsk’s green stock have already been included in the estimates for road reconstruction and repair. The mayor’s office press service clarified that silver poplars, elms, and other trees will be planted.