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Milan, July 29 2020 - The North Milan Park is expanded with 109.000 square meters of new surface area, almost 11 hectares, equal to approximately three times the area in which the Seveso flood containment tank will be built, necessary to secure the inhabited areas systematically damaged by the floods of the stream.

The acquisition will take place in the next few months and the new area will be covered by wooded areas, rows, meadows and paths accessible to citizens. In the wooded areas, up to 2.500 plants per hectare will be planted, including native trees and shrubs, to further reinvigorate the green lung of Milan.

The areas that will become part of the Park's heritage are located in the Municipalities of Bresso and Cormano (ex-Item area, Ca' Granda Foundation area and Alfonso Pini Foundation area) and are spaces that are now partly disused and concreted over, on which Parco Nord Milano will intervene with redevelopment projects, increasing the natural capital according to the naturalistic criteria that have always characterized the Park's projects.

"We know well - declares Marco Granelli, councilor for public works - how much green surfaces bring benefits both in terms of air quality, thanks to the absorption of carbon dioxide, and the mitigation of the urban heat island, helping to reduce temperatures summer in the surrounding areas and counteracting the effects of climate change in the city".

The concreted areas that become part of the North Park today are waterproof and will be transformed into green and permeable areas, contributing to increasing the infiltration of water into the soil and therefore limiting the flow of rainwater into the Seveso basin. Particular attention will be paid to redeveloping part of the riverbed and banks of the Seveso to make them safe from erosive phenomena which affect their stability especially during flood phenomena.

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