PRESS RELEASE
27.09.2011
Palilula citizens, who live in Visegrad street numbers of 33-39, sent a request to Administration for city planning and construction and Directorate for city construction of the City of Nis, to provide emergency conditions and allow the use of the access road, which is closed by building of a new bridge over the Gabrovacka river. If this problem is not resolved by September 30, they announced that they would "cut the fence of the bridge" and allow further use of the road access. Protests that has lasted many months now, and correspondence with the relevant city departments and the Directorate have not given expected results. `Our basic civil rights are being jeopardized` – the signatories emphasized. Palilula Municipality at the very beginning supported citizens of Visegrad street in their efforts to solve this problem, however, and it did not help.

Construction Inspection is aware of the situation on the ground and about the additional facility that should be brought down. However, decision of the competent authorities and the Directorate is being still awaited.

According to the President of Palilula, PhD Igor Novakovic, the citizens must be always consulted and we should respect their opinions. `We paid attention during our strategy development preparing and General Urban Plan of the City, looked at the proposals of citizens, their needs, priorities and potentials of our municipality. Unfortunately, many proposals are not included in further procedure. If you sincerely want to improve the quality of life of our population -Novakovic said, you must not allow new investments to be failures from the start because the preliminary activities are not conducted properly. That's why we support the demands of citizens and urge the competent municipal structures to solve the problem as soon as possible`.