Municipality of Centar: We understand the protest of the citizens, the removed trees will be replaced with new ones

The Municipality of Centar reacts with a statement to the announced protest against the felling of trees on Orce Nikolov Street. We transmit it in full:

The Municipality of Centar informs the public that it remains committed to fulfilling the efforts to create a clean, tidy and ecological municipality, a municipality that should be an example for other municipalities in the country and therefore fully understands the protest announced today by citizens on the occasion of cutting trees on Orce Nikolov Street and fully supports the right to freedom of speech and expression.

Regarding the requests addressed to them by the organizers of the protest, "Green Humane City", the Municipality of Centar clarifies several dilemmas that have been circulating in the public for the past few days.

A decision was issued for removal of 13 trees, of which eight were removed, after previous examinations by the competent professional services, where it was determined that these are old, diseased and damaged trees. The canopies of the trees whose branches were broken during each major storm in the city posed a danger to citizens and passers-by. On several occasions, the municipality has received written requests from the residents of the surrounding buildings to remove the trees. Those trees that have been removed will be replaced with new, high quality seedlings, and additional solutions will be sought for the rest.

The project for the street "Orce Nikolov" has been presented for inspection in the Municipality of Centar for two years, it has been published on the municipal website, it has been published several times in public and all affected citizens can come to the municipality in person or electronically, at the following link to be convinced of its content.

An audit was carried out and the project for the street "Orce Nikolov" has passed all stages of control during the construction, and the ultimate goal is for the citizens to get a quality and safe reconstructed street.

One of the priorities of the work of the Municipality of Centar and the Mayor Sasa Bogdanovic is the protection of the environment. With the adoption of the new eight detailed urban plans, we managed to preserve 13.000 square meters of urban greenery, parks and green areas and introduced the obligation to provide 20% greenery in each construction plot. The policies for greening of the municipality are evident with all our activities and projects, including the replacement of the old facades with new, ecological and efficient ones, the project "Whole Center on Wheels", installation of energy-efficient facades of kindergartens and schools, Green Eco zone of Jadran Square, but also with the daily maintenance and renewal of the street and park greenery under the jurisdiction of the municipality.

The Municipality of Centar remains on the position of preserving the entire tree line on Orce Nikolov Street, the removed trees will be replaced with new ones, and Centar, Skopje and the citizens will get a new, quality and safe street.

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