The former government kept a large part of Podgorica in the dark, this is a real example of irresponsible and unscrupulous behavior, announced Andrija Babović, candidate for councilor of the coalition "For the future of Podgorica - the city of all of us" and secretary of the Secretariat for Communal Affairs of the Capital City.
The coalition "For the future of Podgorica – the city of all of us" announced that its representatives visited Kakaricka Gora and talked with the locals about the development plan for this part of the city.
Babović said that "in a year and two months, what was not done ten years ago, when the city administration was managed by the octopus of the former regime, was done."
The announcement states that "the state of lighting in certain parts of the city best illustrated the carelessness and frivolity of those who never wanted the best for our city."
"On the other hand, 24 km of lighting was successfully installed, which is proof of the successful functioning of the local government in the last year," reads the statement of the coalition "For the future of Podgorica – the city of all of us".
"If the lighting pole is located at a distance of 60 to 80 meters, imagine how much space that is," said Babović.
He said that the situation he found when he assumed the position of secretary was catastrophic.
"I could not believe that so much of Podgorica was unlit. They kept a large part of the city in the dark. It is a real example of the irresponsible and unconscionable behavior of the former government," said Babović.
He also "referred to the trend of other parties appropriating other people's achievements and projects and presenting them as their own".
"The market in our city is a project that was created in the premises of the Secretariat for Communal Affairs during the mandate of this government. My colleague Stefan Vešović and I are witnesses to this, because we gave it its name. We did that, as well as other projects, jointly for our city Babović said.
Radoš Zečević, director of the company "Roads" and a candidate for councilor of the coalition "For the future of Podgorica - the city of all of us", commented on the state of the company before his mandate, saying that the state he found was so bad that there were not even basic conditions for work. and that the former regime did not care that the situation on the streets was so bad and that there was no public transport.
"Only four lines with fifteen active buses - that was the reality of the capital until 2022. In just a year and a half, we went from four lines to 27 lines with 47 buses and 12 vans operating. There are five active workshops that take care of the train park. We invested in everything that the former regime took and never invested in," said Zečević.
Stefan Vešović, candidate for councilor of the "For the Future of Podgorica" coalition, said that in the new four-year mandate, the local government will work on strengthening local communities as the epicenter of citizens' decisions about their neighborhoods.
"The giro account and the budget will be determined, and for the first time the locals will have the opportunity to speak loudly and without fear about problems, decide what is needed by the local community in which they live and participate in the development of projects important for the future of Podgorica. Thus, the locals of Konik, Kakaricke, Maslina themselves decide what will be done first in their neighborhoods. The practice of selectively deciding what will be done in the city from the cabinet will be stopped," Vešović said.
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