"Be happy that the capital is developing and be patient," Mayor Gergely Karácsony told the people of Budapest. He even added that there are traffic jams not only because of investments, but - as a kind of new element - the epidemic was also included among the reasons. According to Gergely Karácsony, because of the epidemic, more people are sitting in cars, less people are using public transport than before, which may also have something to do with the traffic jams, the M1 News reported.
There was also a huge traffic jam on Blaha Lujza Square on Friday afternoon. This image has characterized the city center for weeks. Congestion lasting several hours is regular. According to motorists, what is in Budapest is unbearable.
After a long delay, Gergely Karácsony launched several large-scale investments in the city center almost at the same time, which is why several busy intersections were closed.
At the beginning of June, a part of Pest's lower quay, Lánchidat on June 16 and Blaha Lujza tere were also closed from Monday , and a lane was taken away from motorists on Rákóczi út. In addition to these, there are also many closures that paralyze traffic .
Motorists feel that they are in an increasingly hopeless and unbearable situation,
as well as pedestrians who inhale the exhaust gases of vehicles stuck in traffic jams every day.
" Then maybe go on foot " - Gergely Karácsony recommended a few weeks ago to motorists stuck in traffic jams to get out of the car and go on foot.
On Friday, in response to the M1 question, he asked the citizens of the capital to be happy about the development.
„I ask the people of Budapest to be happy that the city is developing, and to be patient with the fact that this entails certain sacrifices for them too”.
„The renovations that have been started at the same time were already prepared by the previous administration of the capital”
- reminded the XXI. Század Institute senior analyst. According to Dániel Deák, Budapest not only lost time with the slippage, but also made investments more expensive.
The first phase of the renovation of Blaha Lujza tér, which also involves traffic restrictions, will last 10-12 weeks, which means that the situation in the area will be similar when school starts in September.
source: M1 / hirado.hu
Photo: MTI
