As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Osijek mayor Ivan Radic recently made a statement to N1 television about inflation, price increases and how Osijek has managed to avoid many unpleasant situations in the face of a very uncomfortable inflation wave following the Russian invasion of Ukraine back in February.
“I’m happy with what we managed to do as a team. We launched a lot of projects, even thirty years ago, nowhere near this much was ever invested in Osijek,” stated Radic when discussing the first year of his mandate as the city’s mayor, also going on to announce that he plans to keep the same pace in the coming years.
The renovation of the pedestrian bridge, the swimming pool, the Drava river’s banks… There are numerous projects that are being worked on in Osijek, and there appears to be no plans to stop.
“The pedestrian bridge had to be rebuilt because the statics were damaged and the bridge has become dangerous, and the works on the bridge’s reconstruction were completed before the agreed deadline,” Osijek mayor Ivan Radic said.
When asked about saving energy, which is also being strongly recommended by the European Commission (EC), Radic explained that they have already started saving in many ways in the City of Osijek.
“Much like any other city you can think of, Osijek is far from immune to these things. We immediately issued recommendations to the entire city system, we gave them very specific recommendations that must be followed. We found that cooling by one degree less leads to 15 percent energy savings, which is a massive 100,000 kuna per month. That’s a nice amount of savings, and we started with it all on time. The City of Osijek hasn’t increased the price of any of its services, neither water nor electricity, nor kindergarten charges, nor transport costs,” concluded Osijek mayor Ivan Radic.
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