The ski buildings in the Bittsev forest promise not to be demolished until new

The buildings that were used to conduct ski competitions in the Bittsevsky Forest Moscow Park and which the Moscow authorities consider illegal, will not be demolished until the territory of the Bitz recreation area will be landscaped, the press service of the capital's department of environmental management and environmental protection said on Wednesday.

According to the press service of the department, on April 26, the first meeting of the Bitz recreation area was held, which included representatives of the Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection of Moscow and the Alfa-Bitz sports club.

“In the process of negotiations, the parties agreed that until the territory of the Bitz recreation area will be landscaped and new objects that meet modern environmental requirements are built, for eco -testing events and sports competitions, old buildings will not be demolished,” the report said.

According to the Department, the Alfa-Bitz sports club has committed itself to correct violations on the territory of the Bitz recreation, related to fire safety and negative environmental impact.

"It is assumed that this territory will be used in the future both for conducting skiing competitions in winter, eco -educational activities, and for the development of a mass summer vacation," the message says.

The Department is preparing a project for an organized recreation area for Bitza, it will include the organization of sporting inventory rental points, bicycle parking, playgrounds and much more.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin last winter criticized the organization of ski tracks in the city and demanded that Muscovites build more sites for winter recreation.

Earlier, the department appealed to the environmental prosecutor's office with a request to take measures to release the site in the Bitsevsky Forest natural-historical park, which is illegally used by the Alfa-Bitz sports club for mass sports events. It was found that 14 single-story structures were placed-garages, carriages, and caringers. The Moscow authorities previously assured that the ski routes in the Bitz will remain, but the territory should be landscaped, and illegal buildings should be demolished.

The threat of demolition of ski routescaused a protest from Muscovites, for whom the Bitz rest area in the south -west of the capital is a traditional ski ski site.