Councillor Maja Crneković Čukulin (SKNL) posed questions to Mayor Denis Kralj regarding traffic safety and drainage during the local council session.
The first question concerned the installation of cameras on roads in Vrboce. Crneković Čkuin praised the fact that cameras had been installed, noting that traffic safety was a priority. She stated that cameras should be installed in several high-traffic locations, such as in Buban Street, where, she said, it is a constant problem. She asked why traffic signs for speed were not installed at these locations, given that the purpose of the cameras is prevention rather than punishment. She added that in other local self-government units, examples of good practice can be found where signs are present.
Mayor Kralj responded that cameras had been installed at six locations, with plans to install two additional housings. He stated that the Ministry of the Interior had purchased one camera costing half a million euros, while the town was installing two new housings, each costing between 40,000 and 50,000 euros, with electricity connection fees also being paid. He stated that signs were not a legal requirement and that neither the Ministry of the Interior nor the County Administration had requested them. He suggested that it would be appropriate for the County Road Administration to pay for the signs if it had paid for all the housings, as it determines which signs are placed on its roads.
The second question from the councillor concerned drainage and pavements. Crneković Čkuin enquired about the drainage in Ulica Vladimira Nazora, which had become a main connecting route between Ulica Vinogradska and Ulica Livadska. She noted that this street did not have fully resolved drainage issues, was too narrow, and that two cars could not pass each other, while the pedestrian path was also not resolved. She asked when Ulica Vladimira Nazora would be widened, asphalted to the end, and when a pedestrian path would be built, posing the same question for Ulica Livadska, which is the longest and oldest street.
Mayor Kralj responded that Ulica Vladimira Nazora had received new asphalt, which he believed was in 2022, but that a pedestrian path was needed there. He stated that they were in the process of drawing up the budget and that in the past nine years they had made significant strides in pedestrian paths, with paths built in many streets. He noted that there were no EU funds available for pedestrian paths, as everything was funded from their own resources. According to him, next year Greda would be next, followed by Cerje and Ulica Krunoslava Kutina, which was the initiative of councillor Fašić. He added that they had a section in Luka at the bend that needed to be resolved, then the third phase in Naselje Stjepana Radića, after which they could determine new priorities.
Kralj said that the initiative would be recorded and that they had an initiative for Ulica Livadska, as well as several others. He stated that they were resolving the pedestrian path in Ulica Kolodvorska and that many such paths were being built, which they would continue to do. In the end, he said that he hoped that the street of the councillor would soon come up for consideration.
