Let 2023 be the year of a fresh start, Mayor Gergely Karácsony said in his New Year's address on Sunday, wishing a peaceful and happy New Year.
The mayor greeted the new year on Facebook
In the video uploaded to his Facebook page, the mayor drew attention to the weight of the wish for peace, which is given by the victims, the tears, the deprivation, which has become the everyday life of millions of people in our neighborhood due to the war aggression of the Russian tyrant. He put it like this: it's time to
don't always consider what we are used to as normal", but what can be said with conviction to be correct.
The future of the Chain Bridge
"Let's take advantage of the fact that global capitalism, hit by war, energy crisis, and climate crisis, is creaking around us," he said, adding: "let's take advantage of the fact that all responsible leaders and citizens of the world are now asking the question, what have we messed up, and how else should we proceed" .
Gergely Karácsony talked about the capital's 150th anniversary, the handover of Blaha Lujza tér and the fact that buses are running again on the Chain Bridge. He noted: it is right if a decision is made about the future of the bridge in accordance with public opinion. The city manager also touched on: metro line 3 will be delivered in the first half of 2023, 150 new buses and more than 40 new trolleys will arrive, even more Bubi stations will be built, 20,000 trees will be planted by 2024, and as part of the renovation of the City Hall park already next summer culture can move to the Merlin Theater again.
About its strategic goals
Gergely Karácsony emphasized that they will not let go of their strategic goals, which is that by the end of the decade, Budapest's public services should be energy-independent, and that the city's public services should use as much energy as they can produce.
That is why they are taking back the Sewerage Works from Budapest, and that is why they are not giving the government the drinking water supply. At the same time, inflation also urges Budapest to be frugal - added the mayor, who says that they insist on solidarity and humanity.
The capital will not close, but will open those institutions, such as the Ervin Szabó Library in the capital, which can accommodate all those affected by the recession, he added.
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