Taxi drivers in Sofia protested on Tuesday. It’s arranged through their nationwide union. The cause of the dissatisfaction is the remaining of taxi stands within the middle, defined the chairman of the group Krasimir Tsvetkov.
The protest is in entrance of the municipality development. Vehicles will pass round it always. The protest in site visitors took place after, in line with the representatives of the protesters, Mayor Vasil Terziev issued an order prohibiting preventing within the house of the municipality.
“Issues got here to a head with the renovation and the brand new group of site visitors within the middle of Sofia a couple of days in the past, when the municipality with out caution destroyed the taxi stands within the house of the NDK. Parking quite a bit are closed. Entire spaces, large spaces of the middle have in reality been left with out puts for taxi drivers to stick and stay up for shoppers“, defined Krasimir Tsvetkov.
Tsvetkov reminded that lately taxis have contributed over BGN 30 million to the municipality’s price range. In line with him, those finances must be used to strengthen parking quite a bit and taxi infrastructure. No longer having such an infrastructure isn’t applicable for us, he used to be express. In line with him, the mayor Vasil Terziev has made a dedication that the finances from the tax for taxis can be used to construct infrastructure for this industry. Alternatively, this didn’t occur.
In line with Krasimir Tsvetkov, 21 parking quite a bit within the huge middle of Sofia had been “destroyed” with out session with the trade. The remaining case used to be with the removing of puts for taxis all the way through the reorganization of site visitors across the NDK.
“We don’t have any discussion”
“We don’t have any discussion, Mayor Terziev is working away. We had been assured {that a} resolution can be discovered to revive the parking quite a bit, however for an indefinite length. This doesn’t swimsuit us,” mentioned Krasimir Tsvetkov, quoted through BGNES. In line with him, the price for selecting up a automobile illegally parked at a taxi stand must even be greater greatly. Alternatively, there used to be no discussion concerning the advent of this modification with the mayor’s management.
The representatives of the department threaten to proceed with the protests at 131 taxi stands in Sofia.
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The protest on Tuesday is alongside “Normal Gurko” boulevard, “Vasil Levski” blvd., “Tsar Osvoboditel” blvd., “15 November” boulevard, “Dunav” boulevard and excursions within the house.
The brand new group of site visitors across the NDK features a bicycle lane alongside “Patriarch Evtimii Blvd”, a discount in parking areas within the house and a brand new means of parking on Vitosha Blvd. Citizens of the world additionally staged a number of protests. Earlier than the brand new regulations had been offered through the municipality, they weren’t mentioned with any person. The justification is that the mission used to be licensed years in the past however used to be by no means carried out.
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Recently, there are 131 parking quite a bit for bags in Sofia with 729 areas. This can be a relief of 40-60%, Tsvetkov calculated. The overall choice of taxis within the town is ready 5,600, i.e. puts are to be had for a most of 14% of them.
Guarantees
A couple of days in the past, the chairman of the crowd “We proceed the alternate – Democratic Bulgaria”/”Save Sofia” Boris Bonev introduced on his Fb profile that he met with representatives of the taxi union as a result of the anticipated protests.
He and the deputy mayor for delivery Iliyan Pavlov, who could also be from “Save Sofia”, defined that the parking zone on “Vitosha” Blvd. used to be now not got rid of, and much more puts for taxis had been deliberate within the house. As well as, the municipality would construct new parking quite a bit round busy websites similar to hospitals and buying groceries facilities on the recommendation of the trade. Regulate would even be advanced and vehicles stopped at a taxi stand can be compelled to select up extra temporarily.
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