12:43, 14 December 2013

Residents of township Esto-Sadok (Sochi) state destruction of driveways by builders (video)

Construction of Mountain Olympic village in Krasnaya Polyana. November 2013. Photo by Tatiana Ukulova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Builders have destroyed the access ways to the Sochi Township named Esto-Sadok by their heavy trucks, having spoiled Beryozovaya Street, locals assert.

"Locals face big problems: because of Olympic and other commercial construction, roads inside the settlement are damaged; besides, there are serious environmental problems," Sergey Avdeev, a resident of Krasnaya Polyana and a former head of the local administration, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"Moreover, they destroy even what had been built back in the Soviet time: roads, rainfall discharge and sewage systems," said Avdeev.

"We endure hardships since Sochi was announced to be the Olympic capital. Our well-maintained street has turned into a park of heavy trucks. One fears to walk along: no sidewalks; there's dirt even when it does not rain; and when it does, water flows not only along the street, but also floods the yards," Albert Georgiev, a resident of Beryozovaya Street, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Officials from the local administration argue that the road in question will be asphalted; and all the construction works should be completed by December 25.

Author: Svetlana Kravchenko

Source: CK correspondent