An outdoor trail plan will be implemented for the Pirkka Taival trail

Press release 8.4.2024

An outdoor trail plan will be implemented for the Pirkka Taival trail

An outdoor route plan will be implemented for the traditional Pirkan Taival route. The municipalities involved in the project are the municipality of Hämeenkyrö, the city of Ikaalinen, the city of Parkano, the municipality of Ruovesi, the city of Virtai and the city of Ylöjärvi.

The City of Ylöjärvi investigated the requirements for preparing an outdoor route plan for the Pirkka Taival route during the latter part of 2023. At the same time, the willingness of the municipalities along the route to participate in the implementation of the outdoor route plan for the slightly less than 300 kilometer long Pirkka Taival route was also investigated. Based on the investigation, all municipalities along the route have decided to start preparing an outdoor route plan for the route.

The purpose of the outdoor route plan is to bring the traditional and historically significant Pirkan taival route into a coherent whole and enable municipalities to invest in the route's structures in a planned and long-term manner. The Pirkan taival route generates added value for the area's residents and landowners and commits and enables cities to act as providers of nature recreation services.

A total of three separate outdoor route plans will be implemented in the area of ​​six municipalities.

Public events

The municipalities involved in the project and the author of the outdoor route plans will organize open public events in the municipalities during the spring and early summer of 2024. The events are expected to be attended by residents of the area, landowners and summer residents, as well as representatives of associations related to the area or the topic.

Public meetings will provide information on how the outdoor trail plan and delivery will be prepared and implemented, and the project's impacts on the area's residents and landowners will be discussed.

A representative of the person who prepared the outdoor route plan and representatives of the cities will be present at the events.

The dates of the public events will be announced later in the spring in the municipal news and in the updated news on the website providing information about the project.

Pirkka Taival website

The outdoor route plan will be implemented mainly on the old Pirkan taival route. After negotiations with authorities, landowner consultations and public events held during the spring and summer, the plan will be refined into the preliminary route alignment of the route and the outdoor route plan will be put on display.

The outdoor recreation route plan is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2024.

For more information about the project and updated materials: https://ekokumppanit.fi/pirkan-taival-reitti/

Contact information:

Kauri Kallio, City Gardener, kauri.kallio@ikaalinen.fi, 044 730 1268

Petri Mäkelä, Ekokumpanit Oy / Outdoor route plan author, petri.makela@tampere.fi, 040 806 4082

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