Sobyanin denies rumors that 'new' Moscow will turn into mega-city
MOSCOW. October 14. KAZINFORM The Moscow authorities have no plans to overbuild the territory of "new" Moscow and create a mega-city there.
Sobyanin told the Postscriptum program on the TV-Center channel on Saturday that the idea was to preserve the territory as it is with parks and large green areas when a decision to expand Moscow was made.
"Densely built-up areas are expected to appear on a territory between the Butovo and Solntsevo districts," Sobyanin went on to say.
"Moscow is surrounded by huge neighborhoods built with 25-storied apartment buildings which don't have social amenities or transport infrastructure. But the most terrible thing is that there are no jobs," the Moscow mayor emphasized, Itar-Tass informs.
"People residing there are forced to head for Moscow in search of jobs, and this creates a transport collapse which we see," Sobyanin went on to say.
"That is why we want to implement a different project at least in this part of Moscow. First, there will be no densely built-up areas; second, the territory behind the town of Troitsk will be turned into a recreation area. We will create housing and jobs simultaneously so that to make this project interesting to Muscovites who will get new housing; for businessmen who will create new jobs and for all Muscovites who will have a nice place for recreation," Sobyanin stressed.