"The park resembles a cemetery." Vladimir residents "put crosses" on trees they want to save from being cut down.
The mayor's office plans to cut down trees in the park near the Palace of Children's and Youth Creativity (DTY). A group of activists has painted healthy trees that need to be preserved.
At the end of January, specialists examined The Starye Sady plantings were inspected and, according to them, they found only self-seeded trees and old, hazardous trees. Officials ordered them to be torn down. The activists were given four days to find healthy trees, if they could.
Head of the public movement for the protection of centuries-old trees in Vladimir Nadezhda Oblovatskaya assembled an initiative group that spent two days examining the plantings and selecting young and healthy ones. On the first day alone, they discovered more than 200 such trees.
"Now the entire park near the Youth Youth Center looks like a tree cemetery. White crosses are visible everywhere along the paths and alleys—these are usually painted to ward off evil spirits."- have described once green massif journalists.
Earlier, in the discussion of the topic of cutting down gardens, the opinions of residents were divided. Some have spoken outthat the park hasn't been there for a long time, There is a garbage dump and a public toilet" Others objected: "The gardens there were—the lungs of the city. They needed to be cleared, the gardens reshaped. Urbanization is killing Vladimir Grad."
The city administration announced improvements to the park, but for now the surrounding area continues to rapidly become bald. In January, they cut a clearing for the road, although the road itself is not included in the urban development documents, and before that, more than 600 trees were cut down on the other side for another highwayHowever, no contract for park improvement has been concluded.
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