Säterinpuistontie, Turuntie and Ratsukatu and Rakuunanpuisto

Ratsukatu is an important street connection in the central area of Leppävaara. The arrangements in the street plan will make it more functional and safer in the section between Soittokunnanpolku and Vanha Maantie. In the future, both roadways of the street will have four lanes, and the eastern pedestrian and bicycle way will be widened so that it will have a two-laned bicycle way and a connected pedestrian way. The western pedestrian and bicycle way will be removed. Alongside the new street arrangements, a new railway bridge over Ratsukatu will be built for the Espoo City Rail Link.

Säterinpuistontie between Leppävaarankatu and Turuntie is a new street section that will improve flow of traffic and safety in the Leppävaara area. The street will form a new connection between Turuntie and Leppävaarankatu for vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. The street will pass under the Helsinki-Turku railway and Rantaradanbaana, i.e. the Coastal Railway’s pedestrian and bicycle way, being planned north of the railway. A culvert will be built for Säterinpuistontie at Monikonpuro Brook in accordance with the principles of natural hydraulic engineering.

With the construction of Säterinpuistontie, it will be necessary to modify traffic lanes and pedestrian and bicycle way arrangements of Turuntie. The intersection of Säterinpuistontie and Turuntie will be equipped with traffic lights.

The construction of Rakuunanpuisto and its western V-2, V-3 and VL-1 park areas is related to the construction of Säterinpuistontie, Espoo City Rail Link and the connected Rantaradanbaana. New route connections and Monikonpuro Brook’s new bed will be implemented in Rakuunanpuisto Park’s area preserving, where possible, current tree stand. As regards Monikonpuro Brook’s new bed section and the culvert passing under Rantaradanbaana and Espoo City Rail Link, the principles of natural hydraulic engineering will be observed.

The draft plans will be available for comment in the otakantaa.fi service(external link, opens in a new window) starting from 23 May 2022. Comments and questions on the draft can be submitted on the website for two weeks until 6 June 2022.

In accordance with the Land Use and Building Act, the street and park plan proposals to be finalised after the draft stage will be presented in public in 29 August to 12 Semtember 2022 and then submitted to the Technical Services Committee for processing. The parties concerned will be notified by letter of the presentation in public. The Technical Services Committee approved the plans on 26 October 2022.