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Residents of Blagoveshchensk are outraged by the cutting down of trees at the temple construction site

In Blagoveshchensk without holding public hearings the construction of an Orthodox church begins. Citizens ask to check the legality of felling trees at the construction site.

On September 8, 2014, it became known about the conflict around construction of a temple in the Annunciation Park of Friendship.

The site on the territory of this park in 2012 administration of the city transferred to the use of the local diocese for the construction of a temple in honor of St. Blessed Xenia of Petersburg. At the beginning of September 2014, as part of Several trees were cut down in preparation for construction.

This angered the townspeople. They note that with local The residents did not approve the construction project. One of the residents contacted prosecutor's office with a request to check the legality of cutting down trees.

In the city administration, cutting down is considered legal. "Cutting down trees was carried out on the basis of a statement from the Blagoveshchensk diocese, - said the head Department of Administrative Technical Control of the Housing and Utilities Department of Blagoveshchensk Igor Grachev. - Where green spaces grew, a temple will be erected. Behind demolition of green spaces or involuntary damage to green spaces, they either pay in cash, or draw up an agreement for compensation landscaping".

City Duma deputy Konstantin Yeltsov explained that public hearings on the construction of the temple are still planned to carry out, but the permission to cut down the trees of the diocese has already been issued. In the diocese They promise to plant new trees on an area of 4,000 hectares by the summer of 2015. square meters. Sources

Residents of Blagoveshchensk ask the prosecutor's office to check the legality of cutting down trees in Friendship Park // Amur.info. 2014. September 8.
City authorities: cutting down trees at the construction site of the temple in the microdistrict is legal // There. 10th of November.