Why is the process of constructing an underground passage in the center of Lutsk happening in a completely non-European way? – this topic was raised by representatives of the coalition of public organizations "Lutsk is European" at a meeting of the press club of market reforms on Tuesday, February 22.
According to coalition coordinator Oleksandr Martyniuk, the construction of the underground passage should have been preceded by a public discussion of this topic. After all, the construction process itself causes a lot of inconvenience both to the city community (traffic through the city center is blocked) and is not coordinated with business entities (the losses that carriers and trade establishments adjacent to the construction site will incur have not been taken into account). Also, according to Oleksandr Ivanovych, no open tender was held to determine the construction contractor.
The head of the executive committee of the coalition "Lutsk is European" Anton Sosnovskyi also noted that the completion dates of the underground passage construction (August 1, 2005, provided that construction begins on March 1) can be called into question, since there are many examples when good intentions remained just that due to lack of funding (for example, the bridge over the railway tracks, the light-and-music fountain). He also considers the project itself and the construction budget of the underground passage to be rather "raw."
Both representatives of the coalition also state that the issue of paying land tax if the facility is located underground has not been settled. (And in the underground passage it is planned to place 2000 sq. m. of retail space).
Therefore, in order not to make hasty mistakes, "Lutsk is European" proposes to suspend the construction process, hold a public discussion of the concept of reconstructing Teatralnyi Square, and announce an open competition to determine the contractor for the works and the investor.
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