Funds for the park had already been allocated by the administration of Rafael Cordero Santiago in the summer of 1991.

Construction started under the administration of mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo (2005-2009) when an injection of $18 million was received from the Government of Puerto Rico as a result of a 1998 Supreme Court decision, during the administration of mayor Churumba, which mandated the Government pay for infrastructure improvements in Ponce.

Phase III runs parallel for 4 km along the eastern bank of Río Bucana.

The park runs in a general north-south axis about 500 meters east of the center of the city.

It also brushes by the musical centers of the city - the residential communities of Bélgica and San Antón.