On the Yunost and Konny islands in Irkutsk, they plan to create the multifunctional family entertainment park In the Family Circle with educational, historical and family themes. The project also includes a new branch of the children's railway and a modern aqua complex with a dolphinarium, and after the concept is approved the authorities hope to attract federal cofinancing.
City authorities plan to build the multifunctional amusement park “In the Circle of Family” on the Yunost and Konny Islands. It is planned that the park’s managing company will be the founder of the nationwide program “In the Circle of Family.”As part of the project, a plan has been developed for the family recreation park “Russian Educational Park of National History, Folklore, Fairy Tales, and Martial Arts ‘In the Circle of Family’.” Preliminary, the designers have already assessed all the pros and cons of the proposed location.
At the beginning of October, Dmitry Berdnikov held a meeting with Alexander Kovtunets, President of the nationwide program “In the Circle of Family.” At the meeting, the park project was presented. The developers are now preparing an investment proposal for the Irkutsk administration. Based on it, a tender will be prepared for granting the Yunost and Konny Islands territory under concession.
In addition, an agreement has been reached with the management of the East Siberian Railway on the construction of another branch of the children’s railway. It is assumed that it will run between the buildings of the Vesna sports complex and the Komsomoll shopping center and connect the Yunost and Konny Islands with 3rd of July Street. In the plans, the children’s railway will become the basic mode of transport for moving around the amusement park area.
The Department of Strategic Development of the city administration held negotiations with LLC Entertainment and Circus Company “Moscow Dolphinarium” on the construction, as part of the multifunctional park, of a modern aquatic complex—a dolphinarium with full water treatment and purification infrastructure, adapted for the full life and work of marine animals.
As Alexander Kishko, head of the Department of Strategic Development, reported, after the concept and master plan for the creation of the multifunctional park are approved, an application will be prepared for co-financing the project and participation in the Federal Target Program “Development of Domestic and Inbound Tourism in the Russian Federation (2011-2018)” and in the state program of the Russian Federation “Development of Physical Culture and Sports.”
Funds for the development of the concept and master plan are included in the draft Irkutsk budget for 2016, the administration’s press service reports.