STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE VALORIZATION OF THE ISONZO-SOČA CROSS-BORDER PARK:

November 2022 saw the completion of the ITI Isonzo-Soča project, under which the three EGTC GO municipalities acquired a new network of bicycle and pedestrian paths, a parking lot for campers, and a footbridge over the Isonzo River.
The strategic plan for the enhancement of the Isonzo-Soča Cross-Border Park started from an integrated study of the cross-border area of ​​the EGTC GO in order to identify the tourist attractiveness. The plan aimed to increase the number of visitors and to diversify the tourist offer by focusing on gastronomy and bicycle. It also aimed to create a cycle Ring, which could be tourist attraction, but also an infrastructure used by citizens as a "bicycle ring road" for daily journeys.
The strategy developed takes into account economic, but also environmental, infrastructural, cultural, historical and sociological aspects and it was preceded by a comparison with numerous local stakeholders (from Universities to the hoteliers, from environmental to cultural associations and so on).

PIANO STRATEGICO per la valorizzazione del Parco naturale transfrontaliero dell’Isonzo — Soča

The Strategic Plan has been modified, adding a second part, deriving from the implementation of the action plan of the Cyclewalk project.

The action plan’s goal was to enable evidence-based decision-making for selecting the priority measures to promote the new Isonzo-Soča park.

It is a living document, which municipalities can modify and better at any time.

Find here the report on the implementation of the action plan, with its two annexes.

Cyclewalk REPORT action plan implementation

REPORT 1 Intermodality audit

REPORT 2 usage monitoring

INFRASTRUCTURE INTERVENTIONS:

1.  Lot 1 “Vrtojba recreational area”

The work for Lot 1 has been completed in November 2022.

2. Lot 2- "Cyclebridge over the Isonzo-Soča river in Solkan/Salcano and new cycle pahts connecting to the cycle paths of Solkan-Plave"

The work for Lot 2 has been completed in November 2022.

3. Lot 3 - “Realization of cycle and pedestrian paths along the state border"

Construction of cycle-pedestrian path that connects Solkan/Salcano, through via degli Scogli and Kolodvorska pot, through Piazza Europa / Transalpina, to Erjavčeva ulica and via San Gabriele. From here the existing routes allow to continue up to the Rafut border crossing point. From Rafut, the cycle path continues south towards Vrtojba and further on to Miren.

The work for Lot 3 has been completed in November 2022.

4. Lot 4- "Construction of cycle paths along the Isonzo River" 

The first cycle path in question connects Solkan/Salcano, trough via degli Scogli, to the Torrione bridge and continues through via dei Cordaioli to the Straccis pedestrian walkway. It therefore constitutes the Gorizia stretch of the FVG 5 "Isonzo cycle path" as indicated in the Regional Landscape Plan which, from the Straccis bridge, continues along the Isonzo/ Soča through the other municipalities of the province of Gorizia up to Grado.

The second itinerary connects via San Gabriele to the Torrione bridge through via Generale Scodnik, via Brass and viale XX settembre. The cycle path in question creates the east-west connection as envisaged in the integrated territorial marketing plan.

The project provides for the networking of all existing cycle and pedestrian routes with a view of offering a single cycle route for the EGTC GO territory and therefore includes a path on the opposite bank to continue the Salcano-Plave route.

In 2018, a speed limited zone of 30 km / h was established in the area of ​​via degli Scogli, via Brigata Etna, via Angolo, via delle Sassaie and via Antonio Cappellaris, to encourage cycle and pedestrian mobility and a first cycle-pedestrian path along the Isonzo near the Salcano border.

Lot 4 also provides for a pedestrian path on the banks of the Isonzo/ Soča and on the agricultural area of ​​Solkan/Salcano.

Some cycle-pedestrian paths was created in the agricultural area located along the bend of the Isonzo, between Solkan/Salcano and via degli Scogli. The routes allow the enjoyment of a landscape area of ​​great interest, allowing tourists to get to directly know the productions of the Gorizia rose and of the vineyards suited to the production of the Isonzo doc.

Some pedestrian paths that allow to reach the banks of the Isonzo river and natural beaches of great beauty were restored.

The work for Lot 4 has been completed in November 2022.

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