It has been almost two years since the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) removed vertical garden clusters of Plants decorate the reinforcement walls on The side of roads. The decision king drawn Criticism as the municipality pledged to maintain the vitality of empty spaces with murals; But in Two years, murals remain Little in The number of gray walls is an eyesore for motorists.
Vertical gardens were among the rare green spaces on the long stretch of The D-100 highway running through the concrete jungle of Most densely populated in Turkey city. she was also As noise roadblock for Residential areas next on the highway, one of Busiest road in The city.
Quoted from Alia maintenance Costs, the municipality began removal of Gardens planted during the tenure of The late Kadir Topbash, the former mayor of The city He was succeeded by the AKP, Mevlut Uysal, and then Ekrem Imamoglu. in 2019 local elections.
Imamoglu, who It was elected The opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is under constant criticism from the ruling Justice and Development Party for His controversial practices when it comes to green spaces. Recently, his municipality has become under fire for Chopping down old plane trees on a streetostensibly to prevent the spread of tree disease among them.
IBB has announced that “talking walls” project It will be implemented on site of vertical gardens Talking Walls is planned to engage A series of graffiti and murals, indeednumber of walls on Asian Istanbul side embellished with Graffiti but walls remain Empty everywhere else.
Mr. Mustafa Ozturk A former director of IBB . Section of Environmental Protection and Development, in an interview with Anadolu Agency (AA) on On Monday, the primary goal of vertical gardens was to expand the “green fabric” in The city. “Gardens more from one destination. They calmed the frustrated motorists with traffic, absorb pollutants emitted from vehicles. They are commonly used in other places, from Europe to the United States and in In some places, it is turned into a piece of art Ministry people,” he said. “Unfortunately, mentality of getting better over What ancestors built Mental outnumber him of replace what is already built with something different. they say the maintenance The costs were high but they could have found a way to reduce costs, for For example, replacing some plants need higher spending with that is cost Less and have a longer life.
Ozturk added That planting ivy on Walls can be a cheap solution instead of Leave them blank.
