Rehabilitation of the Talksa Lake

Siauliai is the fourth large city located in the North of Lithuania, famous for neighbourhood of the Hill of Crosses, attractive in terms of business, investment and tourism in terms of economic environment and geographical location.

There is well-developed industry, but the city aims to be more attractive for foreign tourists and to provide new facilities for investors. One of such facilities is the unique place in the centre of the city - Talksa Lake (56,2 ha) surrounded by the flora and parks. Because of natural conditions the Talksa Lake is a favourable location for investment of an international rowing centre. An approx. 170 ha park is located in the neighbourhood. Moreover, further 20 ha territory is attractive for commercial and recreational development.

Unfortunately the lake had been polluted by leather industry for a long time and actually not adapted for tourism and recreation as well. Siauliai seeks to rehabilitate the attractiveness of the lake for citizens and to create favourable conditions for investments into the sport infrastructure. In the middle of 2005 the rehabilitation project started.

The expected results of the project are: rehabilitated south coast of the lake with the width of 20 m, cleaned bottom from the polluted composite of lake's silt and coating in the depth of 1,5 m from the water surface, natural assets of the southern part of the lake restored.

These results, following the principles of the sustainable development, uphold clean and friendly for health environment, create attractive conditions for investors and enable arrangement of international rowing competition, as well as ensure development of tourism and of new jobs.