The park, inaugurated in September 2000, was born on an area, that has been affected by extractive of sand activity and uncontrolled dumping until the 1980s. In 1993 the Tuscany Region has inserted the area in the Regional Plan of the Reclamations, and in 1998 the Comune of Campi Bisenzio has approved the executive project of reclamation and environmental arrangement of the area, as part of the River Park on the right bank of Arno river. The project of reclamation and environmental arrangement has allowed the reclamation of an area of great environmental and ornithological value. The management of the park has been entrusted by the Comune to the Associazione Ricreativa Culturale e Sportiva sandonninese.
The project of reclamation and arrangement of the area has been carried out by P&I srl Services and Engineering for the environment of Florence. The reclamation has been carried out in a different way according to the kind of rubbish. The waste products and the special and cumbersome rubbish, that were spread on the surface of the area, have been removed and sent to final disposal systems, while the solid urban rubbish have been put in a single area, that has been assured permanently with containment and insulation works from the environmental context. In the following phase, the areas, dug to remove the rubbish, have been filled and covered with trees and hedges. After the "reclamation" of the area, the environmental arrangement has begun. Some vegetable habitat, typical of damp areas, the wood and the bush, are been rebuilt. Every vegetable planted species belong to the local flora and most of them produce desirable fruits and berries for the animals. The interventions for the requalification of the fauna have provided the realization of some lacustrine islands, to permit the nest-building and the rest of the aquatic birds, the installation of artificial nests for diurnal and nocturnal predatories. The Comune has also carried out an intervention of the ichthyic restocking of the three bigger lakes, with tenches, carps, pikes, bleaks and rudds, typical species of the local fauna. To increase the habitat of the ichthyic fauna, the two bigger lakes have been linked by an artificial canal. Some paths allow you to enter a large part of the park. Some areas of the lakes are intentionally less accessible, to leave some areas "undisturbed".
The park has been completely enclosed and along its perimeter a shrubby hedge has been planted close to the enclosure. This enclosure is a little lifted from the ground, to permit the free passage of the wild fauna. The realization of a services area, and the installation of benches and small - baskets have completed the interventions.
Interested area 15 hectares
