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At the end of June the Bratislava City Council approved the strategic document Bratislava 2030 – Community Development Program 2022-2030 which, according to the administration, should form the basis of future strategic planning with a specific focus on the dialogue between the city and its residents .
The document underlines that Bratislava, from a historical and geographical point of view, has never substantially been a purely Slovak city. The location in the heart of Central Europe, with municipal borders which are also partly national borders, means that «Bratislava cannot be the capital of an ethnic group, nationality or homogeneous group of people», and must instead aim to be a modern and innovative city for all those who decide to settle there.
The plan for 2030 of the Slovak capital intends to bring an improvement in the quality of life of the inhabitants in the coming years, with attention to transport, education, sport, culture, the environment, territorial planning and the technical infrastructure of the city . According to the plan, 64 kilometers of new cycle paths connected to the city center will be built (to bring the availability of municipal cycle paths to 145 kilometres), the public transport system will be modernized (at an estimated cost of 611 million euros), planted thousands of new plants (the document mentions 25,000 trees) and built new apartments for rent. According to the plan, the current 875 apartments managed by the administration of the capital will be increased to nearly 2,500 apartments by 2030, reducing waiting times for applicants from 6 to 2 years.
The nearly 700-page strategy document “Bratislava 2030” sets a total of 70 goals, each of which is accompanied by specific measures. The Metropolitan Institute, an institution in charge of architectural and spatial planning of Bratislava, will oversee the implementation of the strategy and evaluate the success of the activities for each of the years from now to 2030.
The most strategic part of the document is divided into three key chapters, namely care, accessibility and resilience. Individual chapters connect and integrate different areas of city development and name strategic and specific objectives, establish a system of measurable indicators and proposed measures. The focus is, for example, on affordable housing, quality education, security, cooperation, community relations, but also culture, environmental protection and climate resilience.
The document, whose creation was attended by representatives of the public, private, civic and academic sectors, was prepared in view of the expiry of the Economic and Social Development Plan of the capital for the years 2010 – 2020, the validity of which has been extended until June 30, 2022.
Of all 11 affected areas, mobility and the environment were found to be the most urgent. The threat of the climate crisis or transport difficulties are perceived by the residents of Bratislava themselves as emergencies to be solved as soon as possible, according to a public opinion survey carried out in 2021. As for the climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy, the city wants to reduce emissions by 55% in various sectors, and in order to be able to make more targeted decisions, the climate and air pollution monitoring network will be strengthened with 400 stations equipped with various sensors, against the just 4 existing stations which obviously do not cover the entire Bratislava municipal area. The new sensors will also have to measure noise and the traffic situation.
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