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500 EUR: the so-called green tax for off-road vehicles will come into force from February. So far, the introduction of an ATV has only cost a fee of five euros throughout the year. So, it has grown a hundred times.
“If the council had the right not to admit at all, and we would have confirmed it. The Ministry of the Environment, to my knowledge, was in the mood for ruckus and the pictures too, and they are terrible. debating that the forests and dunes are causing great damage. We have to admit, to be fair, that the vast majority of locals ride quads and do a very good job, hauling tons of garbage from the ice, also from the coast, but as a disobedient citizen who has always appeared to each other does a lot of damage. We want to reassure the locals who look like criminals in this context: in coordination with the Curonian Spit National Park, the municipality, they will be able to do a good job and, when they return from repairs , the director of the technical inspection administration will be able to Admit without charge. If the destructive dunes are registered, unfortunately, they will never have an exception again and will pay the price full upon entry, ”said Darius Jasaitis, mayor of Neringa.
The mayor says that this decision will make it possible to find out how many ATVs are kept at Curonian Spit, because those statistics are not available at this time. Until now, the locals have enjoyed the benefit of being brought in for free, so there has been no record of the number of such vehicles available. It is true that D.Jasaitis emphasizes that not only the newcomers, but probably also the locals have youthful energy to run through forests or dunes.
KNNP photo / Driving an ATV in Curonian Spit National Park is prohibited.
The idea of a tax of 500 euros was supported by the vast majority of the Neringa City Council. There have also been proposals to introduce a tax of 1000 EUR. There was an offer to keep the same rate of 5 euros and control the ATVs in other ways.
The mayor himself says he owned a quad 15 years ago, so he is well aware of the possibilities of this powerful technique.
“We are angry about the noise in tuktukų, which cannot get off the road due to small wheels and little power, but carries out the transport like a taxi, which was so lacking in Neringa. We have to admit that ATVs don’t run quietly, they roar very loudly. Those who do not know the fragility of Neringa’s nature must now clearly understand that Neringa is not the place to carry and ride. There are forests and fields in Lithuania where you can have fun. Here it is necessary that the quads for hunters and fishermen pull the boat, ”said the mayor.
Monitor tracks
Aušra Feser, Director of the Curonian Spit National Park 15 minutes He stated that this decision is a message that off-road vehicles, which caused damage when driving from the road to the forest, are not expected in Neringa.
“You can see many of the crayfish, some go straight, others have to go around the tree. In principle, the law does not allow you to drive on a hard surface. Controlling such a trip is very difficult. In addition, control can do even more damage, better to prevent it, said Feser. – There were really a lot of crayfish, some weekends were very active. As much as I walked this weekend, I did not hear anything and did not see any new, perhaps the information that appeared and the intolerance of the community did their job. When there is ice, there will be no problem, but what do you do now? When the ice is too thin, the ATV stops in the yard and it is not interesting to drive on the road. “
KNNP photo / Driving an ATV in Curonian Spit National Park is prohibited.
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