Mayor of EU money-wasting investment Hungarian city threatens to resign

A canopy walkway was built from EU money on the outskirts of Nyírmártonfalva by cutting down the surrounding forest. The mayor is threatening to press charges because he believes he has been ridiculed.

We reported earlier that a canopy walkway had been built in Hungary with EU funding, but the problem is that the surrounding forest had been cut down. The news station ATV Híradó interviewed the head of the village.

The forest around the promenade is already being prepared, as tree planting has started. But the forester says it will be at least ten years before we see real foliage.

Even so, many people visit Nyírmártonnalva to see for themselves one of Hungary’s most famous EU projects. Forestry consultant Ernő Gabnai said that although canopy can be expected this year, a canopy house of the kind expected for a promenade would take at least 5 years, but up to 10 years.

ATV also contacted the mayor, but he declined to comment. He said that the media had recently insulted and discredited him because of the canopy walkway. He is suing all the media reporting on the matter and does not want to talk to anyone until this is over.

The building cost HUF 60 million. Locals believe that Hungary has ‘become a country of similar investments’.

According to the forester, the advantage of the walkway is that you can watch the trees grow from below and above for years.

“I didn’t go to the village to laugh, but to talk to several locals. They told me about the mayor’s rude and brazen terror, threats and lies. I will come back to this later,” Ákos Hadházy wrote in his post.

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