The Budapest General Assembly decided on the sale of real estate, street names and homeless care

September 30, 2021 at 10:00 AM

For five billion forints, the capital is selling the huge plot at 357 Bécsi Road, in the 12th district a park is being named after Alaine Polcz, and in Kispest, another after Aladár Pege. Homeless care is also expanding, new places have been created in the building of the Gyáli Road hostel, which has recently been returned to the management of the city.

With 23 votes in favor and 2 abstentions, the Budapest General Assembly decided to sell the more than 53 thousand square meter plot, found in the 3rd district under Bécsi Road 357, for 5 billion HUF plus VAT to Törökkő Ingatlan- és Vagyonkezelő Kft., which won the tender.

Former industrial site at 357 Bécsi Road (Photo: Google Street View)

Members voted unanimously in favor of the recently renovated park being named after Alaine Polcz. The park is found in the 12th district, at the junction of Fodor utca and Tállya utca. In the 19th district, the part between Zrínyi utca and Jókai utca will be called Pege Aladár park.

The board unanimously decided that a night shelter suitable for one hundred homeless people should be located in the building of the homeless hotel on Gyáli Road and that it would be included in the homeless care in the capital. The antecedent of this is that a part of the building of about two thousand square meters was returned to the local government, which was renovated and accomodations were placed in it.

“The part of the building is suitable for relieving some of the busier night shelters in the capital’s supply system, which could be particularly important in a pandemic situation during a possible fourth wave in the near future,” they wrote in the presentation, according to which, couples could be placed in smaller rooms in the building. Female and double accommodation is a rarity in this type of care, and it could help more homeless people choose institutional placement, they pointed out.

Gyáli Road 33-35. Hostel building (Photo: Google Street View)

The General Assembly approved the inclusion of twenty residential containers located in the area next to the daytime warmer of Fehér Alley. The containers are each 14.4 square meters and can accommodate two people. According to the decision, this will create a night shelter suitable for forty homeless people.

The General Meeting decided to amend the public service contract concluded with the Budapest Transport Center (BKK); about the fact that due to the decrease in public transport revenues and government withdrawals, the capital is still unable to provide the coverage necessary for the operation of shipping, so after 2021, professional shipping on the Danube will be suspended in 2022 as well.

Source: MTI

Cover photo: View of the capital (Photo: Civertan Graphic Studio, Balázs Jászai)

Budapest, Budapest General Assembly, News, PestBuda, pestbuda.hu

⁰ ⁰ ⁰

A message from the former school: An exhibition in memory of János Neumann was opened at the Fasori Secondary School

March 29, 2023 at 9:00 AM

An exhibition was opened in János Neumann's former school, the Fasori Lutheran Secondary School, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the world-famous mathematician's birth. In the exhibition presenting the former Neumann milieu, paintings, graphics, photos, furniture, and objects tell the story of the art-supporting spirit of the noble bourgeois family at the turn of the century.

The renovated Angyalföld Reformed Church was handed over

March 27, 2023 at 4:00 PM

On 26 March, the renovated Frangepán Street Reformed Church was handed over. The 13th District church was built in 1933, the tower was restored in 2017, and the roof and facade were renovated last year. By the time of the ceremonial handover, the building had completely recovered its form ninety years ago.

A musical smart bench was handed over in City Park

March 25, 2023 at 10:30 AM

The City Park promenade has been enriched with a smart bench playing the works of Liszt and Chopin. The musical smart bench was presented to Budapest by the Polish Institute to commemorate the world-famous composers of the two nations.

More interesting articles

The Bridge Report, which brought a turning point in the history of Budapest

March 31, 2023 at 3:00 PM

A travel report that changed the history of Pest and Buda, as well as Hungary. The little book contributed to the change of half a thousand years of legal customs and the implementation of an investment of unprecedented size and technical quality. This book was The Bridge Report [Hídjelentés in Hungarian].

Drama on the university wall - The heroic monument was planned 95 years ago

March 30, 2023 at 9:00 AM

In the constant hustle and bustle of the Egyetem Square in Pest, the students may not even notice the monument that decorates the short section of wall between the church and the central building of ELTE. However, it commemorates their predecessors, the heroes who fought for their country in World War I, and those who heroically helped them. The first design of the dramatically collapsing soldier was born in 1928, ninety-five years ago.

If the efforts of 1848 had not failed, Szabadság Square would be somewhere else today

March 28, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Do you know where Diadal Street or Szabad Sajtó Street was in 1848? Not where many would think. During the revolution of 1848, the street names of Pest and Buda also changed.

The Budapest General Assembly decided on the sale of real estate, street names and homeless care

Related articles

More interesting articles

Hozzászólások

More articles