Football matches and other sporting events will not be held at the "DG Arena" stadium in Podgorica until the facility is fully operational, after the investor - the "Čelebić" company - removed the floodlight located in the Mareza canal last month.
The "Celebic" company, in its responses to "Vijesti", stated that they cannot know for sure when the stadium will be able to be used again.
"Regarding replacing the floodlights, the technical possibilities must first be examined and to what extent they exist to carry out the project, and only after that can we talk about its implementation," they said.
At the beginning of the year, due to heavy rainfall, numerous settlements in Podgorica and Danilovgrad were flooded.
In the capital, the most critical areas were the settlements of Beri, Mareza, Tološi and Doljani, which were most at risk from flooding.
After that, the Directorate for Inspection Affairs of the Capital City issued a decision on January 11th ordering the removal of the floodlights and fence of the "DG Arena" stadium, which were built on the route of the Mareze canal. The Capital City previously claimed that the canal had not been functional for years because buildings had been built in it without a permit, and waste had been dumped, which partly caused part of the surrounding settlements to be flooded.
At that time, the demolition and dismantling of the disputed parts of the stadium was ordered.
The "Čelebić" company dismantled the controversial spotlight on January 23, and told "Vijesti" that they would "preserve it after dismantling."
"At this point, it is not yet known whether and how he will be reinstated, given the strict technical regulations and procedures of UEFA (European Football Association), which must be followed," they said.
Since January 7, when the rehabilitation of the Mareza Canal began, two barriers in the Pavlovine settlement have been removed, and a pontoon bridge has been installed instead of the embankment that connected the houses to the other side of the river.
In that part, about a kilometer and a half of the river flow was freed, which workers from the city company "Zelenilo", with the help of a spider excavator from the company "Deponije", cleaned of sediment.
A 400-meter canal was dug upstream of the "DG Arena", and about 200 meters downstream of the Morača River.
Deputy Mayor Boris Spalevic He then announced that he would file criminal charges against "those who allowed illegal construction in the Mareza Canal."
He announced that he would act equally on all illegal structures in the Mare Canal, and that he would not allow their legalization.
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