President requests Government to work a concept on refitting Valea Morilor zone

The Government was obliged by the head of state to work out within two weeks the detailed concept on refitting the future free time zone Valea Morilor. The document is to be discussed on May 10, at a special meeting. These orders were given by President Vladimir Voronin at the meeting on Valea Morilor Park, held on Saturday, April 21. According to the Press Service of the Presidency, the meeting was attended by PM Vasile Tarlev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Constantin Mihailescu, representatives of the Chisinau City Hall, deputy director-general of the Agency for the Construction and Development of the Territory Anatol Turcanu. According to the information presented by Turcanu on the evacuation of water and mud from Valea Morilor Lake, till 2008, the lake will be cleaned and the banks will be refurbished. The lake will cover its initial surface. Turcanu emphasised the efficient collaboration between the specialists of all the institutions in charge of the reconstruction of the park, which, according to him, “gives an optimistic prospect for the successful fulfilment of the project”. The residential and resort zone Valea Morilor located in Chisinau has been paid special attention by the central authorities since September 2006, when President Voronin convened a special meeting with decision-making persons from the Government. The date of the meeting held at the Presidency coincided with the publishing in “The Official Monitor of Moldova” of a Government Decision on declaring a part of the territory of Valea Morilor Park as exclusive state property. Shortly after that, the project on the reconstruction of Valea Morilor Lake was approved via a Government Decision, being defined as a prime importance public project related to the development of the municipality of Chisinau for 2007. At the same time, at the end of October, environmentalists were warning that a foreign company requested a part of the lake and of the territory in the residential zone Valea Morilor for building “a chain of restaurants, hotels and amusement facilities”. According to the legislation, this zone has the statute of protected zone, where no economic activity damaging the ecologic situation is admitted. Valea Morilor Lake residential zone is home to many politicians, statesmen and rich people.