Program for the development of Bicycle infrastructure of Chernihiv city Council will consider this week
Usernav roughly 30 000 velosipedit. The development of Cycling infrastructure started 4 years ago when I was made a bike path length of about 1 km along the street. Ivan Mazepa. But still she remains the only one. For more effective and widespread promotion of Cycling in the Chernihiv developed and on 19 January at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the city Council was approved "the Program of development of Cycling and improvement of Cycling infrastructure in the city of Chernihiv for 2017-2020 years." It was developed jointly by scientists, students, deputies, public organizations and Department of housing and utilities of Chernihiv city Council. In particular, among members of the public who worked on it - 50 of the specialists with engineering education. In General, this program provides not only the creation of Bicycle lanes throughout the city, but the device and other infrastructure. In particular, areas that are protected; the creation of led– hydro and other parks for outdoor activities. It is also important that velopress Chernihiv will be created not as an entertainment, but as part of the city's transportation network. That is the main objective of the Programme is that a significant part of Chernigov were able to change vehicles on a Bicycle." It is expected that this will improve the health of people and simultaneously have a positive impact on the state of the city, improving its environment, comfort, increasing tourist and investment attractiveness. Gennady Dobrovinsky, head of NGO "harmony" and one of the authors of the program – at the Executive Committee meeting announced that according to the program in Chernihiv for several years, the total length of Bicycle lanes is expected to increase to roughly 180 km. Also, according to him, the uniqueness will be the integration into the transport system of a large number of excursion, green, coastal and Park routes with a length of about 60 km. The total amount required for the execution of the entire program is UAH 95 million (including 2017 – 20 million UAH). The program envisages that most of the funds will be provided by the city budget,the rest from other sources. Expected results should be the improvement of the urban ecosystem, the increase of investment attractiveness of the city and its convenience for life. When discussing this program at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the mayor Vladislav Atroshenko noted that after the adoption of this Program deputies will need to design the repairs of the city roads are already Bicycle lanes. That is not "from curb-to-curb", and "from fa?ade to fa?ade", given all the details. At the same time, he noted that the volume of development budget of Chernihiv in 2017 is only 235 million hryvnia, and therefore the question of how many of them can be spent on the development of Cycling infrastructure, remains open. For the entry into force of the Program requires review and approval by the deputies at the session of the Chernihiv city Council. The next meeting of the session will be held on January 26. Reference: The list of streets that are defined for arrangement of cycle lanes in the city of Chernihiv for 2017-2020 years The press service of the Chernihiv city CouncilÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
