Projects of a comfortable urban environment from the Arctic won the competition

The projects presented by the Murmansk Region were among the winners of the All-Russian competition for the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environment. In the category of small towns and anchor settlements with up to 50,000 people, the jury highly appreciated the initiatives of two cities from the Kola Arctic.

According to Bi-port news agency, a public space with swings, windproof canopies, a fairground pavilion and playgrounds will appear on Revolution Square in Monchegorsk. Sovetskaya and Kirovskaya streets, including the forecourt, will be built in Kandalaksha. The created space will connect the northern and southern parts of the city. Children's playgrounds, sports grounds, and an amphitheater will be installed there. Birch square will appear.

Polar Dawns were among the winners. The embankment of the Recreation and Health park will be renovated on the shore of Pinozero. The work will be carried out within the framework of the Our Park project.

274 million rubles were allocated for the implementation of projects in three Murmansk cities.

In 2025, the competition was won by the space "Beyond the North Wind" in Kovdor, the Lyubkino Boloto Park in Apatity, the Brovtsev Park in Monchegorsk and the public territory in Lodeynoye. The work is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

The agency writes that for the entire duration of the competition, the settlements of the Arctic region have been recognized as winners and finalists 34 times.

According to the program of the national project "Infrastructure for Life", cities located on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) will be developed as a matter of priority. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. This national project is designed to improve housing, transport, social and communal infrastructure, and covers the whole of Russia, including the North.