Vantaa's first physical activity program
Vantaa City Council approved Vantaa’s very first physical activity program in its meeting on February 26. The program also encouraged the city councilors to engage in gymnastic exercises during a pause in the meeting. The sporty meeting also ratified the local detailed plans for Kivistö event arena and Vantaa light rail as regards Länsimäki and Havukoski.
Vantaa residents are too inactive
Vantaa addresses the challenges posed by inactivity with the help of the city's first physical activity program. The aim of the Liikkuva Vantaa (“Vantaa on the Move”) program, of which the physical activity program is a part, is to promote Vantaa residents’ everyday activity and to remove obstacles to activity. The physical activity program will be published in March on the City of Vantaa's website.
The majority of Vantaa adults are not active enough as far as their health is concerned. Likewise, Vantaa children and youth do not engage in physical activities to the extent recommended.
The local detailed plan for Kivistö event arena and the alteration to it will enable building the multipurpose arena and hotel, as well as restaurant, store, sports, and office space. The sports-event capacity will accommodate for approximately 17,000 audience places, whereas the overall capacity for concerts will be around 21,000 customers.
The local detailed plan for Länsimäki widens the street area on Länsimäentie by turning the parking space block, high-rise residential building block, the area of public buildings, and the park area partly into street areas. The plan and the alteration to it prepare for Vantaa light rail by designating sufficient space for the infrastructure and improved street environment required by the light rail.
The local detailed plan for Rosenlund in Havukoski makes it possible to build municipal engineering, so that the local residents be included in water resources management.
In addition, the meeting discussed the city councilors’ initiatives in 2023, as well as the initiative related to on-call street and park maintenance.