Tohloppi Lakefront Park Plans Advance With Accessible Pier

Tampere is moving forward with plans for a new park on the southern shore of Tohloppi Lake, Tamperelainen reports. The city says the development will improve residents’ opportunities to enjoy Tohloppi Lake.

The general plans for the parks Tohlopin eteläranta, Harjun pappilanranta and Ransunpuisto were approved by Tampere’s urban development board on Tuesday. Tohlopin eteläranta will be a green, urban-style waterfront park that includes a walking and cycling route, improving both the quality and continuity of paths around the lake. The park is designed to create a new kind of space for movement, lingering and enjoying lake views.

The new park will be built along the lakeshore in front of the new Tohlopinranta apartment block plots. It will partly use an area designated in the zoning plan for filling in a body of water and partly the site of the former Tohlopinranta street, which is being relocated north of the residential area alongside the railway. The city also plans biodiversity measures, including new tree and shrub planting, varied species choices and new meadows, as well as stones along the water’s edge and deadwood brought into the park. An accessible pier for relaxing will be constructed, and in winter it is meant to make access to the frozen lake easier, with benches and seating areas along the shoreline path.

In addition to the Tohlopin eteläranta plan, the general plans for the green areas between Mediapolis and the lake, Ransunpuisto and Harjun Pappilanranta, were also approved. Harjun pappilanranta will largely be kept as existing deciduous forest, with any potentially dangerous trees removed only along paths, and the plan calls for adding diversity by preserving standing dead trees, deadwood and logs. Ransunpuisto will remain a grazed area, with the plan supporting continued grazing that is intended to increase plant diversity and maintain the character of a traditional cultural landscape, named after the Pikku Kakkonen dog Ransu.