Vote on Budapest community budget proposals!

Votes can be submitted about Budapest residents’ proposals for city development and budget planning until 7 October, the Budapest mayor’s office said on Thursday.

All persons aged above 14 who live or study in Budapest are invited to cast their votes online at otlet.budapest.hu or in person at various Budapest libraries and at the Budapest mayor’s office customer service desk. A registered Budapest address is not required to be eligible, the statement said.

Some 700 proposals were submitted last year, 175 of which have been selected by a professional jury and the votes can now be submitted on these proposals, it added.

The most popular proposals will be carried out from a total allocation of HUF 1 billion (EUR 2.5 million), it said.

Over the past three years, the Budapest city council carried out 17 public proposals submitted under the scheme.

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