According to the assurances of the mayor Zoran Janković will respect the will of the residents regarding the tender at the MOL of the referendum on changes to the ordinance on regulating traffic in the municipality. According to the mayor’s estimate, the implementation of a possible referendum will cost a little less than one million euros. However, Janković once again highlighted the advantages of the new parking regime.
The initiators of the referendum on changes to the decree expanding the payment of parking fees in Ljubljana’s neighborhoods emphasize the need to put an end to reckless parking measures based on incomplete information and low-quality data, but the mayor is convinced that the measure is a good one.
Janković reminded today that before the amendment of the decree in the municipality of Ljubljana, there was an arrangement based on the principle of three permits for one apartment. The new, amended decree provides the first permit only for residents who have a vehicle and do not have their own garage and parking space. “I claim that this is a fairer system,” he emphasized.
We remind you that the new decree on parking in neighborhoods stipulates, among other things, that parking in public parking areas in residential areas will be payable at the prices set for zone 3, i.e. 70 cents per hour during the day and two euros for the whole night. Residents will be able to park their cars with a parking permit. As a rule, one will be issued per apartment, it will be valid for 365 days, and it will cost 60 euros. If there are enough parking spaces in the neighborhood, a second and third permit can be issued for the apartment, which will cost 120 and 240 euros.
Zoran Janković believes that the initiative to call a referendum on parking in the neighborhoods is part of the pre-election campaign before the autumn local elections. Photo by Blaž Samec
May 28 is D-Day
Janković reminded today that a hearing has been scheduled for May 18 at the Ljubljana District Court in a nuisance suit and a suit against the disturbance of property rights, which were filed by the residents of Štepanjski settlement in early February against MOL precisely because of the new parking regime. A meeting of citizens of the Golovec quarter community has been convened for May 20 on the parking issue in Štepanjské naselje, and on May 28 the deadline for collecting signatures for the aforementioned subsequent referendum will expire.
If the referendum initiative is successful, the municipality will respect the will of the residents and call a referendum at an extraordinary meeting of the city council, announced Janković. “If they collect signatures, we will absolutely go to the referendum. We will know on May 28,” he added. According to his estimation, the implementation of a possible referendum would cost a little less than one million euros.
He repeated his assessment that the initiative to call a referendum, which was also supported by various other civil initiatives in the city, is already part of the pre-election campaign before the autumn local elections.
A referendum on the incinerator is also on the table
A proposal for a consultative referendum on the incinerator in the capital is also being prepared. According to Janković, the decision on the possible referendum will be made after a public tribune in the Šiška Cinema, to which experts, both supporters and opponents of the incinerator, will be invited. When asked whether the consultative referendum on the incinerator could be held on the same day as a possible referendum on parking, the mayor estimated that this would not be possible in time.
