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The route plans for the Pest drainage network of the new Danube Bridge have been leaked and have not yet been made public. According to the plans that have now come to light, the residents of Ferencváros and Kispest may also be concerned: the 37,000 daily cars that disappear from the city center will pass. Residents of affected districts should also take into account the fact that the works could cut down thousands of trees, the Index previously wrote with reference to Transparent. After our article was published, we received several letters and phone calls from our editorial office, so we asked the Budapest Development Center to pour clean water into the glass.
BFK recalled that the design of the new Bridge over the Danube began in 2018, the works will be carried out by a design consortium formed by the winner of the international design competition announced a year earlier, the Dutch UNStudio and the British Buro Happold Engineering. The bridge and its road network are planned to be an urban boulevard lined with rows of trees and green spaces, with wide sidewalks and a bike path. They emphasized that
The most important objective of the construction of the new crossing is to reduce traffic in the city center of Budapest, make the city center more livable and improve transportation opportunities for those living in suburban districts and the agglomeration.
However, this goal can only be fully achieved if the new Danube Bridge is connected to a properly constructed road network that is capable of diverting traffic.
The Budapest Public Development Council – this is Joint Forum on Urban Development of Capital and Government –
in February this year, he decided to examine six possible solutions in connection with the Pest Boulevard route, which is a continuation of the new bridge.
The Budapest Development Center also reviewed the impact studies, which were first shown to democratically elected municipal leaders in the fall of 2019, because they considered it correct to first know their main views and comments. Therefore, the results of the study are presented in Figures IX, X and XIX. the district mayors or the mayor’s chief of staff, who is the officially designated contact person for the matter.
BFK also stressed that there is no secret about the plans, as comments will be received before September 18 and
then the impact study will be published.
In its letter, BFK also reported that a detailed information website and questionnaire will be prepared, and that consultations with civilians will be held separately next week.
There is no secret: if we had acted in reverse order, the object of criticism would be why the elected municipal leaders were informed about the plans in the press.
– was written on the question of the Index. The Budapest Development Center added that the road network leading to the Pest side of the new bridge is a complex issue, several versions of the route have been prepared and a detailed impact study has been carried out. Also representatives of Other Roads (Small Forest Defenders).
Over the past two years, there have been ongoing consultations with NGOs on the route of the bridge’s road network. While writing, non-governmental organizations were also able to formulate their proposals, so the BFK agreed on all parameters with Small Forest Defenders regarding the impact study. The complete result, which exceeds 100 pages, shows that careful preparation has been done.
BFK believes that the fact that someone disclosed the mentioned document during the conciliation process is specific, but it helps to make as many people as possible aware of the comprehensive comparative analysis carried out by the Budapest Development Center, Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő Zrt. And the administrator. designer.
According to the schedule, consultations with interested NGOs will take place next week, and within a week an information website will be launched, where local people and all interested parties can get full information, comment and know all the background documents.
The result will also be presented to the Budapest Public Development Council, where a decision will be made at the end of the year on the final route and technical implementation of the drainage road network to be built on the Pest side of the new Danube Bridge. .
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