Prague 5 is looking for a buyer for the criticized giant chests
Prague 5 City Hall will sell off some of the concrete flower pots. The city councilors decided on it. In the first phase, the town hall will sell 66 flower pots, the remaining 179 pieces are bound by the subsidy program until 2018 and the town hall cannot sell them. The flower pots were purchased by Praha 5 a few years ago. At the time, residents protested against the placement of containers in the streets of the city district, and the town hall management then moved them to several open spaces.
“We are negotiating with some interested parties who have a use for the flower pots. We will sell them at the price for which we listed them,” said Deputy Mayor Martin Slabý (ANO).
The town hall started installing giant concrete flower pots in the territory of Prague 5 in July 2012 as part of the project Reducing pollution by greening the streets. She bought a total of 245 for 18 million crowns. However, local residents objected to placing them in the streets, arguing that the flower pots obstructed and restricted the passage. There were also problems with them when, for example, a water pipe burst under them.
In 2013, Prague 5 also received fines from preservationists for flower pots. The reason was that the town hall placed the flower pots on heritage-protected areas without the permission of conservationists.
The town hall will keep the remaining 179 flower pots for now. If she were to get rid of them, she would lose a subsidy from European funds. “In the event of a violation of the rules, the district would have to return subsidies,” spokeswoman Helena Šmídová said.
In the past, there have been several ideas for what to do with flower pots. In addition to selling, previous managements considered, for example, burying them underground or considering covering them with wood and placing benches on their sides. Flower pots have also become the target of recessists and vandals.