Trees like “hens in a cage” disputed experts. Prague has a problem with caring for greenery
Fous criticized that the trees were covered and suffocated by quarry dust. This solution has recently replaced conventional aggregates that let water and air through. But this? “No air, no water. There are fewer vaigles and leaves, but again the trees die sooner. And it pays off. Most of Prague’s trees in the streets are like hens in a cage, but no one minds, “Fous described.
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The Institute of Planning and Development (IPR Prague) has taken up public criticism, as it has also published photographs of “tombs” in Branická Street on its Facebook page. “This example shows that the important thing is happening below the surface. It is not enough to solve only what is visible from the sidewalk. Trees are a living organism and cannot be surrounded by brick, and at the same time they can be expected to serve us as green air conditioning for our hot streets, ”says municipal planners, architects and urban planners.
The City Hall also showed, for example, in a picture from the revitalization of the lower part of Wenceslas Square or the cared for rebates in the nearby Bubenečská Street and in Žižkov, the correct example of caring for trees in the city. Prague 6 distanced itself from the case, as the work is carried out by the municipal company Technical Administration of Communications (TSK).
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She, in turn, rejects criticism of Bránická’s ongoing reconstruction, which has been going on since 2019, because “the proposed solution for the growing basket is anchored and approved by the dendrologist in the project documentation” – as TSK spokeswoman Barbora Lišková quoted web Blesk.cz. In addition, the settlement of trees in Braník complicates engineering networks.
At the initiative of the public, the Czech Environmental Inspectorate did not look for any illegal actions in Dejvice, where workers in Jaselská moved to the second of the three reconstructed sections. Even the officials from the municipality did not raise any objections on the inspection day a week ago.
After the topic resonated with space and public opinion differed, including dendrologists and landscape architects, IPR added a Facebook statement so that it would not look like there was a good organization and a bad city society that runs the streets.
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“We are partly responsible for this result. So far, there is no uniform manual that would clearly state how the Greens in Prague work and that is why there are many mistakes, “reads the updated passage.
According to IPR, a solution is being prepared at the municipality under the leadership of the mayor’s deputy, Adam Scheinherr (Prague himself). “Blue-green infrastructure coordination platforms” are to be set up, and rules for the care of greenery in the metropolis are to be laid down in cooperation with other municipal institutions.