Repair of playgrounds in Sochi cancelled

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The improvement of four emergency playgrounds in Sochi, which local residents demanded to be reported on, ended without having begun. The day after the announced completion date, it turned out that the contract with the contractor had been terminated.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, the repair of playgrounds on Novoselov Street in Sochi was supposed to begin on May 7, but by July 7 the work had not begun. Local residents demanded that the prosecutor's office and the investigation verify the validity of the expenditure of budget funds and the legality of the failure to complete the repairs. Earlier, residents of the Gagarinsky microdistrict, which includes the houses on Novoselov Street, sent a request to the mayor's office demanding a report on the spending of money on the improvement of children's playgrounds. On July 8, a representative of the Sochi mayor's office admitted that repairs to the playgrounds have not yet begun, and sent residents to look for information on the Internet.

On July 29, a city hall representative dismantled a banner that had been hanging for two months in turn on four emergency playgrounds near apartment buildings No. 7, 9, 11 and 13 on Novoselov Street. The facility passport indicated that the start of work on the improvement of the aforementioned playgrounds was May 7, and the end was July 28, 2025.

“I saw how they were removing the banner from the playground on Novoselov Street, where the repairs had not yet begun. My youngest child even cried. He said: “Mom, you promised a playground!” I approached and asked the official, who was dressed in a white shirt and light-colored trousers: “What are you doing?” He answered me: "Come to the MBU capital repairs, we will explain everything to you." He took down the banner, rolled it up and left," Victoria, a local resident and mother of many children, told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Nikolai, the father of a five-year-old child, told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he had also been waiting for the playground to be completed, but in vain. "The 47 million-ruble renovation of the playgrounds ended without even starting," he emphasized with irony.

Local resident Sergei Vasiliev told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that neighbors had previously filed an additional complaint regarding the unclear situation with the renovation.

"We filed an additional collective complaint on July 14 to the Investigative Committee. We are waiting for responses to previous complaints,” he said.

Vladimir Prokudov, a representative of the customer from the Municipal Institution Capital Repairs Department, confirmed to a “Caucasian Knot” correspondent that the facility’s passport was removed due to “termination of the contract with the contractor.” “I won’t tell you anything else over the phone, come to my office in person and we’ll talk,” he promised.

When asked whether the playgrounds for which the money was allocated would ultimately be repaired, Prokudov briefly answered: “They will,” but did not specify when.

Representative of the contractor Matvey Vatolin, answering a question from a “Caucasian Knot” correspondent, at first did not understand which playgrounds were being discussed, then he clarified on which streets they were located, and then he even asked what city they were talking about. Having heard that they were talking about Sochi, he noted: "The contract was terminated because SibTEK was not satisfied with the customer's terms."

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