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The Debrecen municipality is submitting new applications for EU funding under the Regional and Settlement Development Operational Programme Plus, the city council decided on this at its meeting on Thursday.
The Sustainable Urban Development chapter includes the second phase of the environmental renewal of the city centre, which will include the continuation of the energy-saving modernisation of public lighting and the installation of additional camera systems. Other goals include the expansion and rational management of pedestrian zones, and the minimisation of vehicle traffic in the city centre.
“We are planning to transform the public reception area in front of the Kölcsey Centre, to renew the Dezső Baltazár Square with the reconstruction of the existing water pool, to create a landscaped event space and an exclusive art playground. In addition to the redesign of the entrance to the Lycium Hotel on Füvészkert Street, a Kölcsey House memorial will be created in the park,” can be read in László Papp’s proposal.
Further improvements are also planned to the park and playground in the inner block of Darabos Street. A new playground will be created in the Jókai Street – Cserepes Street park. In the city centre, multi-storey buildings will be designated to create a “vertical garden” in front of their fire-walled facades, a green wall that will reduce the heat load of the building and help to capture dust and carbon dioxide over a large surface area. This has already worked on the beach in Debrecen, which was the model.
At the meeting, Károly Pákh of the DK party raised the question of shading the wholesale market with a green wall, to which Mayor László Papp replied that the shading of the wholesale market really could not wait, so funds would be allocated for it in next year’s budget, but they are still looking into how it could be implemented.
One-way traffic and greening of a section of Bethlen Street
The municipality of Debrecen is also applying for EU funds to develop the city centre collector roads under the Operational Programme for Spatial and Urban Development Plus.
According to the plans, Bethlen Street will be made one-way in the section between Hunyadi and Hatvan Streets so that public transport and bicycle traffic can continue to flow in both directions. Green spaces will also be increased. This will be made possible by the completion of the western ring road, a few hundred metres away.
The plans also include renewing the pavement in the traffic areas between Modem and OTI.
A roundabout is planned at the intersection of Hatvan Street and Bethlen Street,
and the transformation of the perpendicular parking lots on the section of Hatvan Street leading to Segner Square is also justified based on traffic safety considerations.
The reception area in front of the entrance to the Kölcsey Centre will be redesigned to create an exit point, and the narrowing of the undivided pedestrian and cycle path on Hatvan Street between Bethlen Street and Nagy Imre Street will be removed.
Source and photo credit:dehir.hu
