GREEN AREA DEVELOPED IN PLACE OF A LANDFILL

Mayor of Novi Sad Miloš Vučević and the manager of the Public Utility Company "City Parks" Aleksandar Bogdanović visited the site where greenery has been planted and landscape developed in the framework of the project "Rehabilitation and development of the Kisačka-Sentandrejski put line of trees, from Jaše Tomića Boulevard to Teodora Mandića Street in Novi Sad".

- As we had previously announced, this year we will make extra effort to plant greenery in the city public areas, while special attention will be directed to those sites where illegal dump sites are a common occurrence. This public area of almost 8,000 m2 has been visually enhanced and illegal dump site covering 800 m2 has been removed. We will continue to carry out the initiative of "City Parks", aiming for a greener Novi Sad and better quality of life of its citizens. We all have to be dedicated to the same task, to take care of our city – said the Mayor.

Manager of the Public Utility Company "City Parks" Aleksandar Bogdanović said that the total area covered by the project is 7,906 m2, while the lawn reconstruction has been performed on the area of 7,784 m2.

- Four lines of trees have been planted in the area between Kisačka Street and Teodora Mandića Street – from the Jaše Tomića Boulevard to Teodora Mandića Street. Debris has been removed from 847 m2, now planted by new trees, and the area has been covered by humus. Moreover, 122 seedlings have been planted, predominantly the honeyberry tree which is resistant to the city environment, i.e. to the higher air pollution, whilst it has a high percentage of successfully grown plants – said Mr. Bogdanović, adding that the employees of the Public Utility Company "City Parks" will soon start the removal of the public landfill in the area of Adice.

Mulch has been put around seedlings, for the purpose of preserving soil humidity and preventing the growth of weed. At the end of last year, the Mayor launched the initiative "Parks in Place of Landfills", in the framework of which plenty of trees and decorative plants have been planted on all locations in the city that had become dumpsites, in order to prevent people from disposing trash there again.

Novi Sad, 14th March 2015