Yesterday in the red Athens City Council for creation plan government park in Pyrkala. Himself mayor of Athens talked about the “old idea”, noting that it does not take into account the impact on Municipality of Athens, with the apparent risk of leaving 127 “black holes” in the center, the same number as the service buildings that will be transferred to the municipality of Dafni-Imittos. The leaders of the factions of the city council, speaking about “criminal”, had more harsh expressions.

“If the PIRKAL plan is implemented, we will see Athens with 127 empty buildings, and important management functions will be moved outside the capital,” said Mr. Athens. Kostas Bakoyannis. “Athens is perhaps the only European capital whose population is declining. This should give us a lot to think about, public administration should be carried out without haste. Nobody wants Athens with 127 carcasses. This will be a historic turning point for the city,” the mayor said. “This development is contrary to the whole institutional structure, as well as the modern logic of urban planning and spatial planning. The cyber city view is “old”, at least by European standards.

Mr. Bakoyannis noted that the studies for the creation of a state park in the municipality of Daphni Imitto only include PYRKAL and do not consider the impact on the municipality of Athens. “This is a double intervention with… a ‘single’ study. There is no reference to Athens in the study. This plan should not proceed without open public consultation and research. This is an opportunity for the government to talk to the country’s first municipality, rather than making decisions about Athens without Athens I hope we will listen and sit down at the dialogue table.”

Representatives of other municipal factions reacted harshly to the plan as well. “Never has such a serious job been done so casually and cruelly. In Athens, we don’t know if a cyber city or a cyber ghetto will be built because the planning is tragically incomplete. It is a monument to ignorance and indifference,” said Mr. Pavlos Gerulanos of the Athens is You faction. “Athens is not a monopoly. The plan is contrary to the Regulations of Athens, which refers to the preservation of the functions of personnel and administrative services in the center,” said Kyriakos Angelakos from the Open City. It is worth noting that although all the municipal factions expressed their disagreement with the plan… in the end they did not vote for the proposal of the municipality of Athens, disagreeing with the final text.

Accommodation

Yesterday, the Hellenic Society for the Environment and Culture intervened. ELLET points out the main shortcomings of the project study, which does not consider a sufficient number of scenarios (eg removal of fewer ministries), and requires a comprehensive assessment of the consequences of the removal of government from the center of Athens.