Budapest Park can be closed

When, after ten years, Zöld Pardon was closed in the teeth of the protest, it was promised that a public park will be established there with a national flag, recalls index.hu. In the end a car park was built instead. Then they referred to the complaints of the local people and companies. Although in the case of Budapest Park there are no such complaints, the party can be over soon. Well, this time nobody promises a public park, a car park might be built right away.

There are no neighbours complaining about the noise, as the only neighbours are an OBI and a Tesco, yet Budapest Park can be closed. The Socialist councillor of the local government of Ferencváros (District IX) is currently engaged in turning one of the biggest open air venues of entertainment in Budapest to what every yet green areas must be in a modern city: a car park.

On the youth’s account?

Tibor Pál Socialist councillor has already handed in several submissions to the major of Ferencváros, although the area belongs to the capital. Nevertheless, the local government of Ferencváros has supported the submission of Tibor Pál. According to the records, Major dr. János Bácskai, who was elected under the colours of Fidesz-KDNP, said during the session that discussed the submission of October 15, 2015 that “I shall do my best to make sure that Budapest Park will turn into a parking space as soon as possible, even on the youth’s account”.

Thus the submission made it through to the capital, which threw it back last year saying that in the scope of the development of the Olimpic institutions some tram termini were planned in the area of Budapest Park, so building a P+R car park was not actual. But now as the dream of the 2024 Olimpics is over, Tibor Pál has asked the major of Ferencváros again why there is no car park in that area if Budapest Park usually works only four months a year, otherwise it is just a storehouse of containers.

According to the Socialist councillor, the mixed-mode commuting increases in the period when the Park is closed, namely, from autumn until spring, so a P+R car park is really needed.

The problem is that a P+R car park would not mean that people going to work from the country could leave their cars on the place of the main stage. It would mean asphalt, tollgates and infrastructure, which are incompatible with the already existing solutions of Budapest Park.