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The Gardens are developed right after the Recreational Area in the south, up to Loja street in the north, on an area of 35,650 m2. The access to the Gardens is through the Orellana Gate in the south and Loja Gate in the north, both entrances are provided with control, surveillance, bus shelters and taxi stops.
Just as in the Civic Square and Recreational Area the circulation is mainly south - north - south, thus a high pedestrian walkway, which runs parallel and close to the river, has been designed; under this walkway there is a parking lot for 320 vehicles; between the walkway and Simon Bolivar Ave lies "The Malecon Gardens", a great park of approximately 22,000 m2. of extension, where according to didactic approaches, the different vegetable species of the Ecuador are located.
Additionally it has an artificial stream on Orellana street and a pond that spreads between Tomas Martinez and Loja streets. It has a 1.5 km-long pedestrian path ensemble, and this circuit has been adapted to the presence of the big existent trees, having had special care in supplementing them with new plants so that the botanical zoning proposal is achieved; this zoning is enhanced by extensive and profuse green areas.
The walk in the Gardens, includes view and rest areas supported by public spaces such as squares, small squares, miradors, gazebos, bleachers, jetties, pergolas. These spaces are supplemented with streams, lagoon, island, fountains, bridges, ramps and paths where activities related to the park such as scheduled exhibitions and sales of plants and souvenirs from The Malecon Gardens are developed.
All the walkways guarantee the circulation of handicapped, elderly people and baby carriages giving the whole community access to the park. The walkways have arranged hierarchically by dimension and by finishing material. The whole area is provided with control and surveillance, as well as general orientation and didactic signaling, these aspects are supplemented by the PA system that allows the control, announcement of events and in turn to reinforce sounds that recreate the ecological botanical sector atmosphere.
The urban furniture is prepared strategically and it consists of benches, drinking fountains, garbage bins, telephones, etc. General service nets (electricity, telephones, drinking water, sewage, rains water drainage and mechanical watering) have also been foreseen for the correct operation of the park.
Between Tomas Martinez and Loja streets, next to the river a 320-car park has been developed. Its roof serves as pedestrian platform for the view of the river and the gardens, and as access to the" Monument to the Donors" that symbolizes and perpetuates the collaboration of more than 50,000 natural and juridical people that contributed economically to make a reality a good part of the Malecon 2000. In the north end There is a building dedicated to a Planetarium and the Maritime Museum.
The vehicular accesses and exits are located on Tomas Martinez and Loja streets.
General service nets (electricity, drinking water, sewage, gas, telephones) are located under the pedestrian road between Orellana and Tomas Martinez streets; from here until Loja street they will spread between the park and the parking lot.
For a later stage, the development of a Hotel has been conceived, it will be located between the parking lot and the river adjacent to the small square at the food court in Sub-sector 7, different necessary service connections have been foreseen .
As in the other sectors, the public illumination is of three types: one that provides enough general illumination for the pedestrians, another that accentuates the points of interest and the park and finally one that enhances the border of the pier and the River. Also, the whole perimeter toward Simon Bolivar Ave is walled by a metallic fence that provides it with the corresponding safety.