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Iconic buildings in Budapest city centre will be renovated
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According to magyarepitok.hu, the government revealed the planned investments concerning the immediate surroundings of the Parliament in a decree recently. The Ministry of Agriculture, as well as the Palace of Justice, will get access to a new underground car park after the Museum of Ethnography moves out.
All the historical Hungarian place names together
On Monday, the Hungarian Bulletin revealed that the National Fellowship Memorial would be located in Alkotmány (Constitution) Street that leads to Kossuth Square. Among other things, all the place names of the historical Hungary that were collected in 1913 will be featured here.
Another change that is going to affect Alkotmány Street is that the plans for the construction of an underground car park are replaced by plans to renovate the part between Kossuth Square and Honvéd Street on the ground level.
To cover the costs, the government has promised to dedicate up to 5.08 billion forints (15 487 551.94 EUR) to the projects, between 2018 and 2020.
The Imre Steindl Programme to be extended
The decree also involves the third phase of the Imre Steindl Programme that involves the reconstruction of the building of the Ministry of Agriculture that was approved last year. The newest decree adds plans to construct a new underground car park under the building.
The decree appoints the underground car park to be a development serving both of the neighbouring buildings of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Palace of Justice. Both plans for the car park and the national memorial will be carried out by the Imre Steindl Programme Nonprofit Zrt. It has been revealed that planning and pre-constructing the car park will require an additional 381 million forints (1 178 266.23 EUR).
Photo: latogatokozpont.parlament.hu
The decree also rules that, after the reconstruction of the Ministry of Agriculture’s building, the Ministry of Agriculture as an entity will operate there.
Changes will occur in Vértanúk Square as well
The decree dedicates a whole section for the renovation of Vértanúk Square that is located at the Southern part of Kossuth Square. The square will be reconstructed prioritising pedestrians, especially since this square has been part of the Outstanding National Memorial since February.
