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And currently in part of the “Patriarca Euthymius” there is a wide bike path. The Save Sofia project wants to build two more bus lanes.
Postponed the decision to return the cars on Saborna Street
The project for the construction of two large bike lanes on Patriarch Evtimiy Blvd., presented by Save Sofia, will be reviewed to find a balance. At the suggestion of the president of the SOS transport commission Carlos Contrera, the project will be requested by the Department of Architecture and Urbanism and the traffic monitoring data will be analyzed. Will be dear
opinion and
the district mayor,
as well as dialogue with
house managers
Yesterday, the councilors considered the complaints of the residents of Patriarch Evtimiy Blvd. against the Save Sofia project, which provides for two one-way bike lanes and one bus lane on the boulevard, and that the traffic on Fritjof Nansen Street will be become bi-directional.
We are “in favor” of the bike path on Patriarch Evtimiy Blvd., but not in the way it is envisaged in the Save Sofia project. We are categorically against the elimination of 2 meters of carriageway for trolley buses. Two plus 3 meters of bike lanes will turn Patriarch Evtimiy Blvd. from a boulevard into a neighborhood street with constant traffic jams. In reality, there will only be two lanes left and one will most likely be permanently occupied by stopped cars. This will be hell for the living and for those who pass by, “said Ivo Doshev of the initiative committee of the people who live on the boulevard.
People are
collected on
600 signatures
and argue that the project has not been discussed.
This is not a project of Save Sofia, but of the Municipality of Sofia. The cycle lane and the bus lane are foreseen in a series of strategic documents and in the general development plan “, replied Andrey Zografski, from” Save Sofia “, but also an expert in the transport commission. He showed photos of the boulevard with parked cars in 3 rows. According to him, there are 11 parking lots in the area, and parking on the boulevard and neighboring streets of 450 becomes 410, or 10% less. The bike lane was important because it would connect another 6 lanes for bikes.
There have been at least 4 conversations with residents of the neighborhood, according to independent city councilor Boris Bonev of Save Sofia. And the project was modified to take into account the demands of citizens.
The commission also considered a proposal for the restoration of part of the parking lots on Saborna Street. Transport Deputy Mayor Christian Krastev proposed to return the sloped parking lot on the north side and thus from 26 places to 26.
Citizens and street workers united in “Salve a Saborna” against the already executed project of “Salve a Sofía”, with which it has become a semi-pedestrian area since the summer. Some of them were heard by the councilors.
“Pedestrians
missing
of the street
there is car congestion and polluted air. They offer an increase of 14 parking spaces. We are talking about 700 people and families. Who will take responsibility for the bankruptcies of the next points of sale? We insist on restoring street traffic and parking, “said Save Saborna’s Silva Georgieva.
Albena Alexandrova presented data from a survey conducted among visitors to various street sites and restaurants. 88% of them arrived by car and 11% by taxi or on foot. In restaurants 58% of customers arrived by car and 40% on foot.
At Contreras’s suggestion, the report on Saborna was postponed to next week. Before that, a new meeting will be held with the citizens’ representatives.
Saborna Street is currently blocked from being pedestrianized
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