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On Saturday, several dozen representatives of the Žemieji Šančiai community organized a protest action “Unwrap the gift of the Kaunas government to Šančiai” on the banks of the Nemunas. This was not hampered by the quarantine announced in the country.
“In 2019, the community of Žemieji Šančiai opposed the plan of the municipality of Kaunas to build a road for cars on the Nemunas bank, and that is why the Ministry of the Environment awarded the community the best urban work of the year: the Genius project loci, which can help preserve the spirit of the district. However, the unsustainable urban encroachment fell from above, destroying the identity of Šančiai, it is not stopping, ”said Vita Gelūnienė, president of the Žemieji Šančiai community.
Community representatives said they were outraged by the plans made public by the municipality on how the Nemunas bank would be managed.
Currently, the Šančiai community, which is implementing the international project “Genius loci: urbanization and civil society” together with Kaunas University of Technology and Norwegian partners, does not intend to give up and urges city leaders to sit down. to the negotiating table. . To create the urban vision of Šančiai, the community itself has already managed to obtain 150 thousand. financing of the financial mechanisms of the EEA and Norway. The project has already taken off.
The most modern and innovative methods are used to involve society in the creative process of the development of this district: an interactive map has already been drawn up, in which everyone can mark important places in this district that are worth preserving, as well as Suggest spaces for a more active development.
Representatives of the Šančiai community gathered in protest and claimed that the urban development planned by the municipality did not meet their expectations.
“I don’t know if anything will change, but I really hope that our efforts are not in vain and that one day we will have a real democracy,” Žilvinas Chlostauskas, a member of the Šančiai community, does not lose hope.
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė
According to the representatives of the municipality, on March 23. 5 pm Residents will be officially introduced to how the planned area of Šančiai, which has been the subject of controversy, is planned. Kaunas residents will be able to familiarize themselves with detailed project proposals directly online, hear the answers to all questions of interest, and express their opinion.
According to the latest corrections made by the designers, taking into account the wishes and arguments expressed by the people of Dšančiškės, a clean and safe 1673-meter road ran along the dusty gravel road in Kranto alley. Next to him, more vegetation. Additional parking spaces, outdoor fitness equipment and playgrounds are also planned. There are also widened and separate pedestrian and bicycle paths, comfortable ramps for people with reduced mobility and mothers in wheelchairs. During the project, district heating will reach a part of the apartment population.
The Nemunas Embankment Street was conceived in the general plan of the city of Kaunas in 1929 and has survived to this day. True, your designed section of A. Juozapavičius avenue will reach 11 Kranto street and end there.
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė
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