Attiko Metro: What does the president say about the centers that will be cut in Athens
The president of the Attica Metro, Nikos Tachiaos, is trying to give an answer to the Urban Green Observatory for the centers that will be stuck in Athens within the framework of the new metro factories.
On the occasion of a recent report by M.Hulot on LiFO about the green in Athens, the ecological page noted that more than twice as many centers as the Attica Metro estimates (2,500 against 1,200 trees) will be cut down, and that “most centers are cut because of the crowd, as the work can be done without sticking so many centers, but the economical solution is chosen. »
The contract is not subject to change
Nikos Tachiaos emphasizes that the tender for Line 4 of the metro started long before he took over the current administration of Attiko Metro and the study and the contractual issues were prepared much earlier“From the time of the announcement of the tender and if it has borne fruit, they form part of the contract, not subject to change “, underlines the president of Attiko Metro.
In fact, Mr. Tachiaos comments characteristically as “it would be interesting” if the Observatory “published the alternative solution that it considers that the Attiko Metro designers did not consider or rejected due to cost”.
As he points out, The construction of the stations and wells in the case of the Athens projects require part of the project to be carried out with an open trench and the rest underground. Consequently, in the design phase, the engineers of Attiki Metro delimit the exhibitions in places that will create the least possible disturbance in the operations of the city and reserve as limited space as possible for factory facilities
“The storage of materials of large volume and size necessarily takes up space, while construction cranes also require a free field in their use. “Consequently, the removal and cutting of trees is inevitable”, notes the president of Attiko Metro.
However, according to the Observatory, The replacement of the trees is planned to be done numerically “one by one and not according to environmental criteria, this means that a large 50-year-old tree will be replaced by a sapling a few years and the company will be formally covered. »
Tachiaos: Transplantation is attempted where possible
Mr. Tachiaos answers from his side that no matter how inevitable the cutting of trees is, “this does not mean that no effort is made to minimize losses. »
In the same, the number of trees estimated to be cut down is less than that affected because they are operationally dependent on the transport of larger ones that are likely to survive.
“In the context of the studies with the auction needs of the project, a detailed evaluation of them was impossible. With the installation of the contractors, the image becomes accurate, in full cooperation with all the involved authorities. Obviously a tree can not be saved, it will receive the appropriate transfer in full compliance with the requirements of science for its preservation. »
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Because I find that it opens a discussion that takes on dimensions outside of social media (see Article Lifo https://bit.ly/3lFBa8l), to clarify the following:
1 The tender for Line 4 of the metro started long before he took over the current administration of Attiko Metro and the study and the contractual issues – of course – were prepared much earlier.From the time of the announcement of the tender and if it has borne fruit, form part of the contract, not subject to changeThe Attiko Metro must understand and deliver to the contractors of both the preliminary works and mainly of the project, the common areas that have been provided in regular deadlines. So this is an issue whose publicity comes late, without this meaning that it does not matter.
2. However, the issue is not formal, but essentially technical. I read how the ecological Facebook page “Urban Green Observatory”, with devotion to the recent report of LiFO is available in its intervention that “the project can be done without correlation, but an economical solution is chosen…”. He was not interested in publishing the alternative that he considers that the Attiko Metro designers did not consider or rejected due to costThe
The construction of stations and wells in the case of the Athens projects require part of the project to be performed with an open instrument and the rest underground. Consequently, in the design phase, the Attica Metro engineers delimit the exhibitions in places that will create the least possible nuisance to the city’s operations and allocate as limited space as possible for the factory facilities, which in such a complex project have special requirements. The storage of large volume and size materials necessarily takes up space, while construction cranes also require a free field in their use. Therefore, the removal and cutting of trees is inevitable.
3 This does not mean that no effort is made to minimize losses. The number of trees that are estimated to be cut down is less than that of those affected because they are operationally dependent on the transport of larger ones that are likely to survive. In the context of the studies with the new ones auctioned on the project, a detailed evaluation of them was impossible. With the installation of the contractors, the image becomes accurate, in full cooperation with all the involved authorities. Obviously a tree can not be saved, it will receive the appropriate transfer in full compliance with the requirements of science for its preservation.
4 As far as the restoration of road levels is concerned, I will not argue that things have been expert in the past, nor that, ideally, one day after another another area should return to its previous state. However, the systematic cooperation that has begun with the municipalities involved since the signing of the contract, but also in parallel with the public debate that must and can remain at a reasonable and substantial level, free of Manichaean extremes, will certainly contribute to the next final stages of drafting the final restoration studies of public spaces that will come much later, in the second half of the current decade, the restoration of green not only to make up for the inevitable losses but also to adopt improved and sustainable practices.
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