The adjustments to Kampy and the Werich Villa will cost Prague 1 59 million

Prague - The adjustments to Kampa Park and the Werich Villa located within it will cost Prague 1 just under 59 million crowns, as reported by ČTK from a published resolution by the city council regarding the allocation of the public contract. After the repairs, the property will be leased to the Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation for 600,000 crowns per year. The opposition criticizes the revitalization contract for Kampa, claiming that the council did not inform the representatives about it. According to the city hall, however, the villa will be repaired first, and discussions about the fate of the park will only start afterward.
    According to the published resolution, the council has allocated the contract for 58.99 million crowns excluding VAT to the Prague company BAU plus. In addition to the construction modifications of the villa, it will also reconstruct paved areas, drainage systems, public lighting, furnishings, and irrigation systems. According to Prague 1 spokesperson Veronika Blažková, this involves three separate actions - the reconstruction of the villa for 31 million, repairs to the riverside wall for 10 million, and the revitalization of the park.
    Prague 1 initially suspended the project in September of last year due to unfavorable public reactions. People opposed, for example, the widening of paths at the expense of the lawn. The city leadership then promised to adjust the project according to the citizens' comments. "However, the public was never informed of the results of the adjustments. The new leadership of the city district is now continuing to keep things under wraps and approved an expensive reconstruction of unclear scope behind the backs of the citizens," stated the chairman of the Green for One representative club, Filip Pospíšil, on the website.
    However, the city hall wants to first repair only the Werich Villa and the riverside wall; discussions about the fate of the park will continue. "Nothing prevents the last part from being not realized at all or only limitedly based on an agreement with the citizens," Blažková stated. A new tender just for the villa could delay its opening by up to a year, according to her.
    The council that approved the contract decided to allocate it the day before the city council meeting, which assigned the lease of the Werich Villa to the Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation for 600,000 crowns including VAT per year. The contract will be for ten years with an option for another ten years. A Cultural and Social Center for Voskovec and Werich will be established in the building. The villa has been vacant since the floods in 2002.