Tram is sloppy

Tramway is being careless: İzmir Chamber of Architects stated that the tramway and coastal design projects of the metropolitan area were carried out carelessly. Alpaslan, President of the Chamber, "We expect a detailed explanation from the Metropolitan" said

The Izmir Metropolitan Municipality's tram and coastal design projects received harsh criticism from the Chamber of Architects. Branch President Halil İbrahim Alpaslan stated that it is a positive step for the Metropolitan Municipality to implement the tram option in the city center, but the process of this project, which is of great importance for Izmir and has a high cost, is unfortunately far from participatory management understanding. He also drew attention to the fact that this project was carried out without the opinions and suggestions of the city dwellers, relevant professional associations and scientific institutions. Stating that in recent days, especially the tram project has raised serious doubts and concerns about the rational, public interest and environmentally sensitive nature of the tram project, Alpaslan said that the project has two main problems, namely, route and environmental insensitivity.

How many trees have been cut?
Home Karşıyaka Stating that the passenger demand is not intense in both the important parts of the routes in Konak and that the tram continues from the coastline with an alternative sea transportation, he doubts that the tram will provide the intended relief in traffic, and said, “The view that many experts agree not to have a parallel line on the coast in Izmir, but the lines that will extend from the coast to the inner parts. It is necessary. Another problem is that the route is still not clear. With a recent change, the line that was planned to reach Cumhuriyet Square from Şehit Nevres Boulevard was transferred to Gazi Boulevard. These types of revisions lead to serious doubts that the project was created with adequate preliminary work. Most importantly, cutting down or moving trees on the tram route is not acceptable. While efforts need to be made to increase the limited green areas in the city center, cutting or moving existing adult trees will lead to a decrease in the quality of urban spaces. "It should be explained from where, how many trees have been cut down, how many trees have been moved, what the current status of the transported trees are and whether there is a tree cutting or transportation in the process." Alpaslan, who also criticized the Coastal Design project, said that it is not possible to claim that it is the priority of the city to develop such costly and recreational projects on the coastline, which is in a very good condition compared to the inner parts. Alpaslan continued his words as follows; “It is a strategy that should be discussed to give priority to projects such as building green pedestrian overpasses on the coastline and changing the paving stones rather than directing the same design effort and financial resources to the inner regions of the city that need design and qualified spaces. Especially in Mustafa Kemal Beach Boulevard, the necessary reports of the coast were prepared and the plans were approved and many trees were destroyed, unfortunately, the environmental insensitivity is not an exception limited to the tram project, but an attitude settled in the municipality. "