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Post by mambo on Sept 14, 2006 23:12:06 GMT 1
Anybody who was in Rogoznicza recently should not forget what it looked like, because today they started with the demolition of no less than 130 houses !
The fact that they tear down houses built without building permission is not a problem, but the fact that they don't bring it back into it's original state is a problem.
Next year's tourists will now be confronted with 130 piles of rubble, not exactly good advertising for an otherwise nice place to spend your holiday.
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Post by Ribaric on Sept 15, 2006 8:43:27 GMT 1
Google's never heard of Rocogniza, can you tell me where it is? I assume this is about a certain minister who is following through on threats to people who built without permission?
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Post by mc on Sept 15, 2006 10:00:08 GMT 1
I guess he means Rogoznica. Its north of Trogir, just south of Kremik.
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Post by mambo on Sept 15, 2006 11:55:29 GMT 1
Yep that is it, sorry for the spelling mistake.
This village is where you can find the most beautiful marina of Croatia, marina Frappa.
The old village itself is lying on a small island and the new village is built along the bay lying around this island.
It is not a problem that they want to destroy these houses, but experience learns that nobody cleans it up afterwards. What is usually left is a pile of rubble or the foundation sticking out of the ground.
I don't think that it will be an improvement when Rogoznica is turned into a village where you have 130 piles of rubble lying around. In that case it would be better to keep the houses standing, but simply sell them and have the proceeds be turned over to the goverment. The new owner can then ask for a building permission. This way the goverment would have gotten at least 50 million euro and the village would have remained in tact.
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Post by irac on Sept 15, 2006 15:18:23 GMT 1
Mambo, to do as you suggest would have taken:
a) foresight and planning
b) a modicum of intelligence (on all parts)
c) a massive overhauling of infrastructure, namely water, electric and sewage
d) a non-Balkans attitude
Since many of the houses are foreign owned a number of the "safe" houses who handed out their bribes early are laughing up their sleeves and have already bought a number of the "plots". The whole thing stank, but the government are right to do what they do. It's happened in other places, Drnis, Kijevo, Kistanje, even little Zrmanja where a Kossovan Croat had his approved planning licence overturned as the local big shot Croat didn't fancy living next to an Albanian - his own words on National TV. This happened in Summer 2004 and nothing was said.
Scarily the 130 houses are only some of 5,000 nationwide, and that's the 1st round!!!
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Post by mambo on Sept 15, 2006 20:35:54 GMT 1
Croatia is really promoting itself as a country where foreign investors can safely invest their money.....................................................eh not.
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Post by irac on Sept 16, 2006 7:26:15 GMT 1
Croatia is really promoting itself as a country where foreign investors can safely invest their money.....................................................eh not. What ever made you think that? ;D The policies and mentality here really are appalling. A quick buck and to hell with it, and then complaints when foreign investors/industry/business/visitors run for the hills. It's going to take 10 years and another war to get rid of the poor attitude, or maybe a major sea change in how to do business! |
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Post by jill on Sept 16, 2006 11:44:22 GMT 1
Pity, Rogoznica is a nice place...my introduction to Croatia as 7 years ago when we sailed out of Marina Frappa - before it was finished!
Where were the new houses built? I remembered wandering round 'town' and seeing the occasional new place but not a whole lot of them...I remember a restuarant offering us 'datteri' mussels that look like dates that are very rare...and are supposed to be protected.
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