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At a press conference on Thursday, J.Narkevičius rejected criticism that Trakai, the Vilnius district and the Šalčininkai districts received exclusively from COVID funds for road repairs. According to him, the municipalities that submitted more requests and received more. Furthermore, he is convinced that tourists visiting Trakai should receive even more funds for the roads.
“This city (…) is interesting. Probably none of you visit Trakai every season, not only to eat kibinas, but also to go by boat. And drive not only through the central street where the locals live and breathe what that leaves behind, but there is also the surrounding street. Obviously, it is not allowed to see priorities to make a 200-meter sidewalk, a bike path that would be used by a non-minister, “J. Narkevičius was angry.
Trakai deserves more?
Vilnius District submitted applications for 12 million. € 10.5 million, Trakai District. 4.3 million euros. euros Šalčininkai district asked for 2.3 million, received 1.6 million. euros
“Other districts have received similar proportions,” said the minister. He, incidentally, added that he is chosen in the party list and not in the single-member Trakai district.
“I am a resident of a district and the people of that district cannot suffer from the minister living there,” said J. Narkevičius. He is convinced that even more funds should have been allocated to areas like Trakai as tourists, cyclists and cars, which pollute the air, flow to him.
“As for Trakai, Šiluva or Telšiai, there are very few funds, because there are so many places to visit, more should be allocated,” said the minister.
He got more because he asked for more
15 minutes He repeatedly wrote that the Minister, through his resolutions, allocated significant sums to Trakai, the Vilnius district and the Šalčininkai districts. The minister defended that municipalities were asked to submit requests on the roads to be paved. “This amount is allocated to district and city roads that would not receive care under the RDP (Highway Development Program),” said the minister.
As an example, he cited roads to places of interest whose financing is not a priority. Funding from this fund is also provided for border roads, etc.
“The municipalities that were ready to carry out the work from the first day of June could have absorbed it more,” said the minister.
A third of all funds are allocated for the paving of gravel roads. The work is to be completed by the end of November this year.
The final signature is the Minister.
At the press conference, J.Narkevičius was criticized by the Highway Administration, whose boss has already been warned about the dismissal. The Minister was outraged that the Directorate provided very few projects.
True, the head of the State Highway Administration Vitaly Andreev 15 minutes He has said that the paths included in this COVID financing program are not known under any criteria, sometimes without any project and even without identified sections.
A total of 350 million requests were received. euros
A commission convened by the ministry made suggestions to the minister about which pathways should be financed, and the minister himself ultimately decided who to allocate the funds to.
“Some municipalities received less, others more, but it is necessary to compare with the number of requests,” said J. Narkevičius.
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