23.2.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 58/1447 COMMISSION PILOT PROJECTS
CHAPTER PP 05 — REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COHESION (cont'd) PP 05 22
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PP 05 22 01
(cont'd) — Key capitalisation activities such as the development of a catalogue of best practices compiling innovations identified in the workshops and study visits, the development of a roadmap on the transatlantic cooperation to foster sustainable development of Atlantic coastal territories, and other actions helping the transfer of best practices outside the consortium and enabling cross-fertilisation and capitalisation with current projects.
Such strategic actions for the Atlantic could only be developed if the area key players are involved as a network of regional authorities and key technical partners.
Regional authorities have strong links with the clusters and SMEs operating in their territories.
They also have developed links at a transatlantic level, which will be able to be mobilised quickly and will provide the pilot project with a network of stakeholders from the other side of the Atlantic.
PP 05 23
2023
PP 05 23 01
Pilot project — An innovative and comprehensive concept of urban biodiversity development for local governments in Europe - Restoration of the urban water ecosystem of the City of Łódź
Figures (Differentiated appropriations) Appropriations 2023 Commitments
3 500 000
Appropriations 2022
Payments
Commitments
Payments
Outturn 2021 Commitments
Payments
875 000
Remarks
About 20 rivers and streams flow through the City of Łódź (Poland), but they are mostly hidden in underground channels.
For several years, the city authorities have been taking steps to restore and bring them to the surface, and one of these ambitious projects concerns the Lamus River, which flows through historic parks established in the 19th century as palace gardens of Łódź factory owners, founders of the Łódź "Promised Land".
The pilot project will consist of restoring the Lamus River, removing it from the sewage system and exposing it in space as well as using rainwater and snowmelt from nearby properties and roofs to supply the Lamus River.
In addition, it is planned to irrigate the greenery in the parks and directing rainwater to the valley of the Jasień River in order to fill the retention pond with it.
Furthermore, the project will include elements of rainwater treatment (e.g. with the use of a sequential sedimentation and biofiltration system) and monitoring of the level of soil moisture and groundwater level (through specialised soil moisture sensors).
The pilot project will use prototypes of PARO bollards, which are an innovative solution in the field of water microretention.