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“Now we plan to install 100 islands, this year 50. Seven have already been installed, several dozen more are being installed,” Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius told reporters at the opening of one of those islands in the Viršuliškės district .
“It is part of a big project to make sleeping areas more welcoming,” he added.
According to him, the price of an island, where several banks were built, various rubble was added, flowers and trees were planted, and the composition of the stones was fixed, the price reached 6.5 thousand. euro.
“The price is really reasonable,” said the mayor of the capital.
According to the mayor, the islands are being installed by the municipal company Grinda according to an internal transaction.
R. Šimašius claims that the islands will be maintained by companies that have won maintenance tenders, according to the mayor, maintaining the islands can be challenging in some places.
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“The challenge of caring for the islands will be a bit bigger, because there are still new plants, everything happens to them: who accidentally died, who accidentally uprooted (…) – said R. Šimašius.
He ensures that more attention will be paid to the maintenance of the islands so that new public places are not destroyed.
Residents love innovation
Elena, who works at one of the schools in the capital, watched the site open and told BNS that those islands bring comfort to the yards, promising to use the island.
«Very well furnished. We also have a house equipped with 13, comfortable to gather. There will be an opportunity, I will really use it, “said the older woman.
Alma Rasimienė, 47, who attended the opening along with her husband, was also happy with the installed innovation, the woman said the capital’s courtyards lack quality space.
“We live here, we are very happy that we did, because the residential areas also need beautiful and cozy places,” the official told BNS.
Her husband, designer Darius Rasimas, 48, said the island solved a problem in the backyard.
“It solved one thing: Cars were parked here very often, we hope not to build now,” said a man who lived near BNS.
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According to him, parking spaces in the patios are lacking, but the situation is saved by the nearby street where they can be parked.
“There is a lack of parking spaces, it is problematic, but the street is close, it is half the problem,” said D. Rasimas.
Skirmantė, who watched the opening along with the children, said her parents live next to the installed island, and there is also a playground, so the installed island will be suitable for recreation.
“It is good to have something here, because there used to be cars here, and now there is room to relax, that is very good.” The children are playing here, it will be possible to sit and watch the children, “said the 45-year-old lawyer.
The mayor of the capital, R. Šimašius, stated that the islands are aimed at all age categories, including the elderly, and after one year, when 100 of those islets will be installed, it will be considered whether to improve them in any way. way.
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