Paris mayor pledges huge new park in re-election bid – The National

Paris mayor pledges huge new park in re-election bid – The National

Paris mayor pledges huge new park in re-election bid. Mayor Anne Hidalgo promises pedestrianisation and new Paris green spaces to renew world's 'most beautiful' avenue. The mayor of Paris, fighting for re-election in a contest dominated by environmental concerns, has pledged to create an enormous new park in the heart of the French capital.. Socialist Party candidate Anne Hidalgo has seized on a project to connect smaller green spaces and turn the area around the Champs-Elysee into a park on a scale that would rival those in any other European capital.. The new green space will link the grand Tuileries gardens, built on the site of old tile factories, with other green spaces including the Esplanade des Invalides and Champs-Elysees Gardens in a vast new park on the bank the Seine.. In backing the park, Ms Hidalgo is making overtures to residents who have long complained that the French capital does not have as many green spaces as those on offer in other cities such as London or Berlin.. More than 96,000 people responded to a survey to submit their views on the project, with a majority indicating they wanted green spaces in the area extended significantly and the avenue