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15 minutes He wrote that the land called by the locals is private, and now steps have been taken on it: A playground has been dismantled, so citizens are eager to see if construction will start here, albeit in accordance with Vilna’s overall plan. it’s not possible.
READ MORE: Pilaitė lost the green zone: NŽT returned the plot to the owners, the municipality warns not to invest
Returned parcel of land
Virginija Vingrienė, a “peasant” who raised this issue in the Committee for Environmental Protection, said the problem is very old. In 1989, the municipality approved the detailed plan of the territory of the youth residential complex and an area of approximately 48 ha was granted in the town of Salotė in the Vilnius district. This ordinance remains in effect. It was planned to install a park of approximately 3 ha on one site.
“That park was managed on the initiative of the community itself, trees were planted, it was estimated that the investment in tree planting was 100,000. LTL. Arrangement of the park for another 300,000. Litters were planted. The community is involved in park management, even more so because in both the general and detailed plans, this area is provided as a green zone, ”he said.
Photo by Lukas Balandus / 15min / Plot on Bitėnų Street in Vilnius
However, in 2006, the National Land Service (NJT) decided to return the area to homeowners.
“Currently, the owner has sold to other owners who would like to invest, but the community would like to preserve this park, it is really very important to them. All the more so as in the general plan so far, it is a green area, the park is managed with community funds, “said V.Vingrienė.
He considered that ways should be found to preserve the park for the community and that the owners would not suffer.
V.Mitalas: the problem is systemic
Vilna’s deputy mayor, Vytautas Mitalas, assured that the municipality sees a green area both in the current general plan and in the area that is being prepared. This means that the ravine should survive. Although the president of the Environmental Protection Committee, Juozas Imbrasas, was outraged that the municipality could have foreseen the conflict when the land was returned, V.Mitalas emphasized that the process is not controlled by the municipality, but is carried out by the NJT .
“We have a difficult situation, because the green spaces that the city wants to maintain, even though they are in private hands, are already 195 hectares. They arose because historically there have been two leaders responsible for the use of land in the city. One is the municipality, which develops the general plan and is responsible for the detailed plans, the other is the NJT. The municipality can only request its use after trying it, “he said.
Photo by Lukas Balandus / 15min / Plot on Bitėnų Street in Vilnius
According to V.Mitalas, the representatives of the municipality have met with the owners and currently the legal possibilities to take over the park will be analyzed. However, he emphasized that the municipality will not be able to exchange all the green areas that have fallen into the hands of private owners.
“The entire systemic solution for Vilnius green spaces requires changes in the law and, ultimately, in finances,” he explained.
The community has invested 192,000 in the park. euros
Algirdas Kelpša, a representative of the Pilaitė community and the “Saleks” community, which founded the park, said an expert hired by the Kaunas Regional Court estimated investments in the park at 192,000. In addition, the first owner, he said, was known to the community and had verbal approval that the area could be managed for approximately 3,000 per year. Euros are allocated for pruning, treating and watering the trees.
“The park was designed by professional dendrologists, the project was coordinated with the Vilnius District Municipality, the Ministry of the Environment coordinated that project. It is not a hobby to sit under a window, yell and defend yourself. The problem of why we couldn’t record all this is very simple: the investor experienced financial difficulties and with the permission of 100 residential houses he began to sell unfinished buildings. Until 2012, there were no ways to complete construction in progress. If it had been done before, we would have registered the unfinished construction and saved those plantations, ”he said.
According to him, a meeting was held with the representatives of the owners and there was a “time of waiting for peace” for a time.
The owners would agree to leave the ravine to the community.
Šarūnas Vaineikis, representing the owners, explained in the committee that he would not evaluate the organization of the return of the land, but responded to the observation of A. Gedvilienė.
“The plot limits from 2007, when the process began until 2008, when it was returned, the master plan became effective and changed in the following years. The edge of the frame we acquired was cut and moved to the other side. <...> It is private property and must be respected. But for some reason, the other owners, who line our parcel and fall into a well-kept park, have changed their purpose and that part of the parcel has turned yellow, ”he said.
Furthermore, Š.Vaineikis noted that it was not planned to build a stack of houses here and assured that he respected the desire to have a park. According to him, the owners are ready to leave the community in the most beautiful part of the territory: the ravine, where the infrastructure is concentrated, where people gather.
“I think we can commit to staying there. We should think about the form, but we are really ready to hear how much we could claim to build on top, as long as we leave the entire fund to the needs of the community,” he said.
The owners request more construction opportunities on the slopes of the park, provided they leave part of their plot for the needs of the community.
“We are committed to building the infrastructure, that is, roads, banks and that infrastructure would not be owned by built houses. This would be a territory of free access for the entire Pilait community. We could give about 50 percent. For the needs of the community of the plot territory “, – said Š.Vaineikis.
Formerly one of the owners of the Rimantas Jančauskas plot 15 minutes He said the plot “was not vitally necessary” and that if the state offered an exchange, they would probably agree.
“If the state offers us an alternative, it is possible to change the plot to a plot. The municipality had promised the plot to the community, so if such a change is possible, why not?”
It is true that, although the institutions explain that until the plot enters the territory of the green zone in the Vilnius general plan, the owners still see few opportunities to carry out activities. This is also recognized by the municipality.
“The plot of the current owners not only covers the green area. It also includes an area where a couple of residential houses can be developed, but the area called the Pilait ravine is a green area in the current general plan and it is still a green area in the new general plan, ”said V.Mitalas.
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