Tallinn has less money than last year to fix holes on the streets
19.03.2009, 13:31
Currently Tallinn has EEK 86 mln in its
budget for fixing holes on the streets. It is about twenty millions less than
last year and the state’s saving budget can decrease the amount even more, ERR
News reports.
The main reason for that is that the government gave less money to the local
municipalities for road maintenance, Deniss Boroditš, the Deputy Mayor of
Tallinn said.
“Since it was EEK 70 mln, then it’s EEK 40 mln this year and we have
information that number will fall twice,” Boroditrš said.
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Boroditš said that the state can’t jump over its shadow.
“We try to use the amount maximally,” he said.
“We try to fix the holes on the streets. But inevitably we have to halt some
bigger projects,” Edgar Savisaar, the Mayor of Tallinn said.
The amount of money the city gives to the road maintenance will be clear
after the city government gets ready their negative supplementary budget.