Citizens of the Mladost borough in Sofia posted an online protest against planned construction
in what they say are currently gardens and children’s playgrounds.
Ever since the Sofia municipality posted in April its plans for construction in the city, there have been protests against what citizens call the destruction of their neighbourhood. In a recent interview for local Darik radio, Sofia’s chief architect Petar Dikov said it was too early for protest as these were only plans and no final decisions had been made. He said the criticism was “incompetent” and that it was not true that construction was planned on what are now gardens and children’s playgrounds.
In response, citizens created the website sofia-mladost.com where they posted photos of the areas marked for construction.
Mladost is one of the two largest boroughs in Sofia. It was mostly constructed between 1972 and the late 1980s. Many of the areas between blocks have been given out to individuals as part of restitution settlements. Many of these plots are currently subject to planned construction.
In the Mladost 1 and Mladost 2 boroughs, construction is planned on a total of 16 plots. One of the plots in Mladost 2 is where currently the Chitalishte Badnina (Future) is located, only one of several plots that are in the Park 100 Years Sofia. Other areas where construction is planned include corners between existing blocks, which are currently either parking space or part of the green zones between blocks, and areas between living-blocks and major roads through the boroughs.
The municipality has scheduled meetings on May 21 and 22 where objections from citizens to the construction plans would be heard. More information (in Bulgarian) about the construction plans can be found on the website of the municipal Directorate for Architecture and Construction (sofia-agk.com) and a detailed map of the Mladost boroughs with planned construction is also available online.
A new protest meeting has been announced for May 20 in Mladost 1 at 6.30pm, near block 43 and 45.
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