I am not satisfied with the reorganization of "Vitosha" and "The Patriarch". We did it very quickly, without discussion, we stepped on information of old discussions, without having another round of discussions. I'm taught to use the word "sorry" and I apologize.
This was stated to "This Morning" on bTV the mayor of Sofia Vasil Terziev.
Terziev said he regretted making the changes to "Vitosha" before the election. The mayor of Sofia does not see a problem that disabled people have nowhere to park in the center of the capital.
For me, it is important to correct the mistake, he added on the occasion of the reorganization, which caused transport chaos and dozens of protests in Sofia.
Fritjof Nansen Street is not planned. to become two-way, he announced.
„What we are working on is the complete rethinking of the parking system. But what is important is to protect the rights of the people living in the center, why we don't want the center of the capital to become depopulated – a trend that is observed in other European capitals”, he explained.
Terziev expects a serious debate in the SOS about parking, because there are many different proposals on how to do this – such as having temporary parking areas for stores to be stocked or for a person to unload their purchases. He has not seen the analysis of the introduction of paid parking on Sundays and therefore declined to comment on this proposal.
The capital mayor also believes that the funds collected from paid parking should go to a separate company “Parking lots and garages” and to be used purposefully, not as it is now – the money goes to CGM and is used to subsidize urban transport.
It is not recorded with what reasoning free parking cards are given. I will require a specific reason. It is important for me to have principles. This was stated by the mayor of Sofia, Vasil Terziev, to bTV.
"There have been hundreds of cards that have no trace of who they were given to". And shared that he personally gave 18 cards for free parking - for the services. Separately for "municipality cars".
The mayor of the capital refused to comment on the leaked information that there were journalists, sociologists and political scientists who used these cards for free parking against the commitment to “spread the supports of GERB”.
„These cards caused damage to the budget of the capital for BGN 500,000, but I still say that their exact number is not known. For some of these cards there is a trace, for others – there is information that they were printed and distributed, but this is not reflected anywhere”, he also pointed out.