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The felling of trees on Teremky for the construction of a heating trunk line has been temporarily halted for discussions with activists, but there is no alternative project. This was stated at a press briefing in the Kyiv City State Administration by Deputy Head of the Administration Petro Panteliyev, according to hromadske.
- We understand people who oppose removing trees, and we would certainly not agree to this if there were no need, but there is no other corridor for laying the line. At this site, work has been paused to allow for full communication; we are trying to find a solution that will allow us to prepare for winter and preserve as many trees as possible, he said.
According to the official, work has been suspended until Tuesday, 11 August. In the evening, a project presentation will be held in the Holosiivskyi District State Administration for the community to “work through the situation with the activists.”
Earlier, public meetings had not been held — according to Panteliyev, public discussions for laying the network are not planned. There were meetings at the district state administration, including with residents without heating, and there were “tense conversations, because different interests collide.”
The project 2023 year, to which activists refer, indeed considered the construction of a heating network on Teremkivska Street, and not through the forest belt. But this project is prewar and cannot be implemented before winter, because, according to it, the heating trunk runs through a sewage network. Its implementation would take several years.
In Kyiv, tree felling on Teremky for the construction of a heating main continues, which the district administration and the police describe as a “plan of energy resilience.” Kyiv residents protest: this area was granted park status in 2019 year, and some trees have been there for over 100 years. Online, there were reports of cases where law enforcement used physical force against people — hand and leg restraints were used in the park.
In Kyiv, a director was taken out of the park, who protests against tree felling.
In the Kyiv City State Administration, claims about the use of special equipment that Britain donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces were denied.
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