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27-Jul-2009
Development plans announced for Cherkizovsky
The territory of the liquidated Cherkizovsky Market in Moscow will be used to build a community center, sports complex and other facilities near the University of Physical Education, said Nikolai Yevtikhiyev, the prefect of the Eastern Administrative District.
he Cherkizovsky Market was temporarily closed on June 29 after being cited for numerous sanitation and fire safety rule violations. Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov then announced that the territory of the market was to be cleared out and there would be no further trading allowed.
"A community centre in Izmailovo was already being planned a year and a half ago," RIA Novosti quoted Yevtikhiyev as saying on Tuesday.
Yevtikhiyev said hotels, University of Physical Education facilities and other objects would be built in an area close to Sirenevy Bulvar in the now-closed market.
There would also be four new modern shopping centres. One of them, called Novocherkizovsky, is already completed, the prefect added.
The sports area would be reconstructed, with a world-class rugby stadium to be built on the site of the former Stalinets stadium. There are also plans to reconstruct the Spartak stadium and the parking zone.
Part of the territory located near the Izmailovo museum-reserve will also be renovated and upgraded.
The kremlin in Izmailovo Market will be allowed to continue working, said Yevtikhiyev. The flea market, which previously was open three days a week, will also be preserved, as will areas for selling paintings, he added.
"These sites are needed by our citizens, and they will be saved," Yevtikhiyev told reporters.
Big bill for market removal
Two to 3 billion roubles may be required to pull down all the structures on the territory of Cherkizovsky Market, according to Nikolai Yevtikhiyev, prefect for the Eastern Administrative District.
"In February of this year, we removed some 20,000 square metres of illegal constructions from the grounds of Cherkizovsky Market at a cost of approximately 10 million roubles," RIA Novosti quoted Yevtikhiyev as saying on Friday. "This figure needs to be multiplied by at least 200-300 times, then you'll know how much it will take to disassemble Cherkizovsky Market. Let's wait and see."
Yevtikhiyev said the main difficulty in clearing out the market was that not all of its territory belonged to Moscow.
"The area of the market is very large and the work to clear it out is very expensive," said Yevtikhiyev. "Where the land belongs to Moscow it will be simpler because the buildings there aren't permanent structures. On federal territory it will be very problematic."
The Moscow News