As a result, the unfinished Palmovka Center could belong to Prague. Eight has no funds for completion Prague 8 | From the region Pražská Drbna
As a result, the unfinished Palmovka Center could belong to the capital. Yesterday, the representatives of Prague 8 approved the so-called seizure of buildings and land. The town hall itself does not have the means to complete the funds. The decision is the first step to the transfer of property, when it still has to be approved by the Prague council and council. In exchange from the municipality, Prague 8 will receive a subsidy of 550 million crowns. Part of the opposition criticized the management of the city district yesterday, when, according to it, the town hall did not have any buildings and land left, it lost money and the problem of building a new seat for officials was still unresolved. The management of Prague agrees with the shift through Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates) and Councilor Jan Chabr (TOP 09).
The costs were estimated at more than a billion crowns
The construction of the buildings, where the town hall was supposed to have a new headquarters and which belong mainly to commercial premises, was approved by the previous management of the city district in 2010. The costs were estimated at more than a billion at that time. However, the previous management of the town hall stopped the construction and subsequently its ownership was tried.
“This solution is to help the comprehensive development of Palmovka and at the same time solve the problem we have. This step will lead to the settlement of the entire site. Cooperation with the capital is probably the only way to prepare this area for sustainable development and at the same time complete the Palmovka Center“The councilor said Tomáš Slabihoudek (TOP 09).
Mayor Ondrej Gros (ODS) added that this is a compromise in which Prague 8 in return will receive the above-mentioned subsidy from the city, which it will receive in parts over the next five years. “I think it is reasonably agreed that this will be spread over five years. Thus, the new management will be able to count on receiving part of the subsidy,“He said.”
Criticism from the opposition movement
The procedure was criticized in particular by the opposition movement 8zives. “The mayor presented it perhaps as a success, although this is more of a nightmare, a tragedy of three acts. Every political representation after 2010 has added its faults. The whole transaction ends in a net financial loss“The opposition representative said Tomáš Němeček (8 lives).
Opposition representatives Vladislava Vojtíšková (8 more) and Ondřej Buršík (8’s) joined him. “We don’t need the town hall, we don’t even have about a billion we drowned in it, and the need for the town hall remained,“Bursik said.” Vojtíšková again recalled the role of the former deputy mayor Matěj Fichtner (ANO), who first criticized the project in the colors of TOP 09, then supported it and then as a member of the ANO movement and deputy mayor together with the then co-ruling CSSD and KSČM support. Fichtner did not comment at the hearing.
The mayor of Gros and the deputy, Jozef Slobodník (ODS), said that they were worth voting in 2010 for the construction of the center. According to Slobodník, during the ODS government, the building was pre-leased in advance and mostly commercial space. “What happened between 2014 and 2018 is not entirely a question for me“Gros added.”
“If you want a bad decision from all the other bad ones”
On the other hand, the opposition representative Petr Vilgus (Greens) stood on the side of the town hall leadership, who described the solution as the only good one. Opposition representative Tomáš Pavlů (KDU-ČSL) called it “no bad decision from all other bad ones”.
The city management preliminarily agrees with the exchange, and according to Chabr, the above-mentioned procedure makes sense to the city, with regard to the property connection. Among other things, it will help with the lack of space for municipal officials. “We couldn’t look at it anymore. The state of the project is a sad business card of Prague 8 from previous election periods. Thanks to intensive negotiations with the current management, we managed to unblock the situation. We will take over the land with the building for the administration and find such a solution that will be not only for Prague 8, but especially for the citizens of the whole of Prague., “Mayor Mushroom added.