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Jaroslav Narkevičius issued an additional financing order for the river and some other streets and highways on October 26, immediately after the Seimas elections, redistributing funds for the gravel road paving program.
By order another 79.2 thousand. EUR is allocated for Upės Street in the Pasieniai, Naujakiemis and Gudeliai village territories. The prime minister lives in the village of Smigliai.
The information from the minister and the municipality is contradictory
The Siena investigative journalism center, which was the first to report on this, writes that J. Narkevičius claims that neither his party nor the prime minister had any influence on these decisions. The politician acknowledges that the documents necessary for the additional funding were received long enough and the order was signed later because additional information was needed.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Jaroslav Narkevicius
J.Narkevičius categorically rejected that this could be done to avoid noise in the background of the Seimas election campaign. He assured that the financing was allocated to that section of Upės Street, which the Prime Minister did not drive, writes “Siena”.
However, Jolanta Gulbinovič, a representative of the Vilnius district municipality, told BNS that Upės street leading to Smiglius does not turn anywhere, it runs from the Western Bypass through the three mentioned villages to Smigliai.
An additional 300 thousand were requested for the street. euros
After the Lithuanian Highway Administration in the summer asked all municipalities to report whether they would use all the funds from the reserve of the Highway Program allocated to them this year, on September 1, the Vilnius District Municipality announced that he would use everything and asked for an additional 300 thousand. EUR for Upės Street, BNS reported.
Lukas Balandus / Photo 15min / Ups street is paved
At that time, 10 municipalities reported that they would not use part of the money assigned to them, a total of 514 thousand. euros. Therefore, the Directorate proposed to reallocate these funds. An additional 79.3 thousand LTL was allocated for Upės Street. euros.
J.Gulbinovič told BNS that half a kilometer of gravel road leading from the villages to the city was paved in the summer, and by the end of the year the same number of cobblestones had been paved because a technical project had been prepared.
This year more funds have been allocated than planned
In the spring of this year 143 thousand LTL have been allocated for the asphalting of the 6 km of Upės Street. EUR, of which 43 thousand. The Vilnius district government allocated 100,000 euros, another 100,000. EUR – Minister of Transport. With an additional 80 thousand assigned this week. and an estimated 30% With funding from the City Council, the total amount of funds for the paving of Up Streets Street this year will reach around a quarter of a million euros. This funding also exceeds the indicators of the plan approved by the Vilnius District Council this year.
Last year, 1.7 km of asphalt was paved with state funds, approximately one kilometer from the Prime Minister’s House and about 700 meters behind it. Last fall, when redistributing funds from the Road Program Reserve, the Government allocated an additional 300,000 LTL to the Vilnius District Municipality. although the municipality did not present a specific request or the amount requested. As 15min.lt wrote, the total amount is destined to the asphalt of one: Upės Street.
In February this year, the Vilnius District Council approved the Strategic Action Plan for 2020-2022, which foresees the allocation of 800 thousand LTL for the paving of Up Streets Street over a period of three years. EUR: this year – 200 thousand. EUR, in 2021 and 2022 – 300 thousand. euros, wrote 15min.lt.
COEC collects additional information
The Central Commission for Official Ethics (COEC) announced in June this year that it had no data to suggest that the prime minister could confuse public and private interests because government documents did not mention a specific street.
However, COEC is collecting additional information on the circumstances of the paving of Upės Street in the Vilnius district. Following this assessment, it will be decided whether to reopen the investigation into Prime Minister S. Skvernel’s possible conflict of interest.
It was decided to request additional information from the institutions after the Prime Minister’s wife, Silvija Skvernelė, on the eve of the first round of the Seimas elections, called the Upės Street community of the Vilnius district to vote for Rita Tamašunienė, Minister del Interior, in the closed Facebook group. .
The head of government has always said that he has not influenced the decisions about the paving of the street where he lives.
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