Romanian interior minister wants to solve the problem of cars parked on sidewalks

Romanian interior minister Dragos Tudorache plans to propose a set of rules aimed at clearing the public space of cars parked on sidewalks. He plans to bring up the problem during next week’s Government meeting. “We have a draft government decision, which is pending approval, and I hope it will receive the OK during the Government meeting on Wednesday. We’ll have the legislative framework to recreate the conditions to clear the public space,” the minister said, according to local News.ro. The law will also regulate the space that should be left for pedestrians. “In half of Bucharest it’s impossible to walk with a baby carriage on the sidewalk, I know that from experience,” Tudorache added. The cars parked on the sidewalk are a real issue in Bucharest, where sometimes the drivers forget to also leave some space for the pedestrians, thus forcing them to walk on the street. The minister also talked with representatives of the Association of Municipalities of Romania and proposed that the money collected from fines imposed for illegal parking or the amounts obtained from blocking vehicles to be directed towards the establishment of new parking spaces, especially in Bucharest. Bucharest builds two underground parking lots with EUR 17 mln Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com