His opposition to the plan transfer of services from nine ministries from the center of the capital to your site FIRE expressed Municipality of Athens. The issue will be discussed the day after tomorrow, on Monday, at the city council with its recommendations. competent service and his competent deputy mayor be negative. As indicated, the plan does not take into account at all the consequences of the removal of 14,000 workers from the territory of the municipality, and also does not provide for compensatory measures.

The main problem is that research on its creation government park they concern only the PIRKAL region and the effects in the Imittos region, ignoring the consequences that the general removal of the administration from the center will have. “We do not agree with the forthcoming mass withdrawal from the Municipality of Athens of 9 ministries and other public sector services, which are currently located in 127 construction sites, to create a government park in the municipality of Dafni Imittos, given that the necessary studies have not been prepared for the assessment the impact of the project on the city of Athens,” said the proposal of Vice Mayor for Urban and Building Infrastructure and Urban Planning Vassilis Axiotis.

The proposal opens the question of remuneration to the municipality if part or all of the project is approved. “As long as conditions are provided under which a particular intervention will benefit the municipality of Athens, appropriate interventions with targeted short-term measures should be taken to ensure its sustainability and sustainability,” the recommendation says. Among other things, it is proposed to vacate land for conversion into public green spaces, use (public) buildings to be vacated to be exchanged for limited property awaiting expropriation, and host public infrastructure facilities such as social housing, student residences, etc. in the free fund of buildings.

Cautions

Questions about the fate of evacuated government buildings and a request for their use in the interests of citizens.

The opinions of the urban planning department of the municipality, which expresses serious doubts about the project, are interesting. Between them:

– The plan is inconsistent with both the Athens Regulatory Plan and the Municipality’s Organized Urban Intervention Plan (SOAP), which clearly state as a priority “reversing the trend of removal of the highest government from the center of Athens”.

– This particular operation will result in a mass evacuation of buildings, most of which are located in the center of Athens. As for private (government-leased), “we estimate that they will provide additional opportunities for the use of tourism, a phenomenon that exerts strong pressure, mainly to the detriment of housing and small and medium-sized businesses.” And public buildings, “added to the already existing abandoned, scattered around the city center, it is doubtful that they will be disposed of in a reasonable time, otherwise they will remain black holes in the urban fabric for a long time.”

As noted, what consequences will be for the center is unknown. “The hastily planned intervention and the exclusion of the Municipality of Athens from the environmental impact study creates risks for the smooth and sustainable response of Athens to the changes in its urban identity that will take place”, given that no urban, environmental and economic studies have been carried out. was prepared.

It is worth noting that the municipality of Athens denied the statement of the authorities that a dialogue with the municipal authorities is underway. (see “K” 08/15/2022).