The Municipality of Pljevlja has filed criminal charges against four citizens for obstructing the reconstruction of Omladinska Street in Pljevlja.
This was announced to "Vijesti" by the Municipal Directorate for Development and Investments.
Due to disruptions, work on breaking through a hundred meters of the route that would connect Omladinska Street and III Sandžačke brigade Street has been temporarily suspended.
"The reconstruction of Omladinska Street continues, awaiting police assistance. As a group of residents threatens physical harm and material damage to the contractor, the work will continue with the presence of police officers. The competent municipal services are coordinating with the Ministry of Internal Affairs," the Directorate said.
And the mayor Dario Vranes He confirmed that the work will continue next week, and that the machinery has been withdrawn from the construction site due to other work being carried out.
"Work will continue at the end of next week, police assistance is awaited. The machine has been withdrawn due to an urgent intervention on the water supply network," said Vranes.
Asked to comment on the filing of criminal charges against citizens who obstructed the works and the announcement of the continuation of the works with the assistance of the police, one of the residents who opposes the construction of the street Rade Potpara He said that "the law of the strongest prevails."
Residents of Omladinska Street in Pljevlja have been preventing workers from the "Ving" company from continuing construction for several days and are asking the municipality to abandon the construction of the road because it would endanger the surrounding buildings and the residents who live in them.
Vranes is asking the tenants to allow the contractor to begin work on the road construction and claims that they have all the necessary documentation and permits.
He also said that the project is of public interest and is worth almost half a million euros.
Potpara recently filed a criminal complaint on behalf of the tenants against the Municipality and the Directorate, because they believe that the local administration wants to build a hundred meters of road not far from the city center, disregarding the interests of the citizens.
Due to the intention to build a road, he also submitted a report to the Urban Planning and Construction Inspection.
"The main reasons for our opposition to the construction of the street are that the legally defined conditions were not met, that is, there was no public discussion about this project, and we are not familiar with the details of the project nor do we see any public interest in the local community. Such a method of construction is not in line with the public interest to mutual satisfaction, and the safety of the buildings, as well as the pedestrians themselves on the said route is questionable, due to the high retaining walls, proximity to residential areas, creation of cuts between residential buildings, disruption of the quality of life, destruction of green areas, and the like," Potpara stated in the application.
He recalled that since the beginning of August last year, the Municipality and the contractor, the company "Ving", have attempted to build the extension of Street III Sandžačke brigade without prior notice, without prior public discussion and announcement.
Potpara wonders why this project was not implemented in the 80s when the DUP was adopted and when over 40.000 inhabitants lived in the municipality of Pljevlja, but now, according to the new census, it has around 24.000 inhabitants.
He also claims that at the beginning of December last year, changes were made to the cadastre, "which marked out future streets on the plot next to the access stairs of two residential buildings so that they could be demolished."
"As signatories of the petition, the residents of the aforementioned area have never been informed, nor have any of the responsible persons of the municipality of Pljevlja asked them for their opinion regarding the implementation of the aforementioned project. We believe that the leadership of the municipality of Pljevlja wants to implement the project in a brazen and rude manner, unprofessionally and against the interests of citizens," Potpara states.
Potpara also filed a complaint against the Municipal Inspectorate of the Municipality of Pljevlja, which issued them fines for parking their car in front of the building where they live.
"The municipal police fined us with the explanation that we were parked on a dirt-green surface, even though this is a parking lot that has been used for 40 years and was built by the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant," said Potpara.
The city's first man says that Omladinska Street is being reconstructed so that it has an exit onto Ulica III Sandžačke brigade and so that it will no longer be a dead end.
"We have a finished and revised project, all possible permits and approvals... We have signed a contract with the contractor. The entire city needs this street, to reduce congestion in this part of the city. The street has a designated PUP, DUP and has all possible planning documents," said Vraneš.
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