The area around the Sports Palace is an example of how not to develop a city. It is an example of urban genocide, a new project will be implemented by City Hall in order to improve the situation in that location. Such a statement made today the Mayor of Tbilisi.

“We reached an agreement with the owners of the houses, and had agreed to provide the families with residential space in another area, while 1 500 square meters will be used by the municipality.

We are starting to demolish these houses and arrange a small square instead, where locals will be able to relax and walk with their children, as, presently, there is no such project nearby; no square, no park for the people living there.

There is not even a sidewalk for people to walk on normally. There are only poorly planned roads, which is a problem. This particular space will be used to build a square for people living there to relax. Residential blocks cannot and will not be built on this particular territory”, - said Kakha Kaladze.

The project will be implemented by the Saburtalo district administration.