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Mobility and Access July 17, 2020 Impact 4 min read

Vadul Moldovei Street and its status as a forest road

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If you want to get to Greenfield Residence neighborhood
From Privighetorilor Alley, it is enough to follow the road that passes by the Zoo and then continues, bordered by Băneasa Forest, until
entry into the neighborhood. His name
bulletin Vadul Moldovei, this
is 2.7 km long and, starting from Privighetorilor Alley, ends at
Teișani Alley, approximately 50 meters from the Bucharest Ring Road.

His status as public drum dates back almost
50 years, specifically since September 18, 1972, the date on which the government at the time,
with Decision no. 1068, approves the removal of certain lands from the forest fund,
for the purpose of building roads to ensure optimal access to
the recreational areas in Băneasa Forest. Together with Vadul Moldovei, they became
public interest roads and other access ways that today also have the status of forest roads. These documents can be found at
The National Archives and were identified by Romsilva in 2018.

further to his declaration as public drum, in
1979, the State Council of the country issued decree no. 284, which outlined
the boundaries of the sectors of the Municipality of Bucharest, still valid today. In this decree,
Strada Vadul Moldovei is specifically mentioned as also being part of
forming the very limit of sector 1, as follows

Sector 1 – Located in the North-West part of
of the municipality, comprising sectors 2 and 6, is bordered as follows: …
to East, the limit is a conventional line starting from the forest edge
Tunari forest vest up to Vadul Moldovei Street (inclusive),
continue on this street, including the Băneasa Zoo, continue
South to the intersection of the Bucharest - Constanța railway with the road
Piper...”

In 2007, the year that also was born
Greenfield Residence Project, The National Forest Administration is suing
The Bucharest City Hall, the administrator of the road at that time,
and, claiming that Vadul Moldovei Street is a forest road, even though it is paved,
circulated, included in the public street register and on the basis of which building permits had been issued, claims
the exploitation right of it. Unexpectedly, he also wins the case.
Because the road closure considerably hampered the access of the nearly 5,000 residents of the neighborhood and the 400 students attending the private educational institution located in the neighborhood, on the only remaining open access road, the City Hall
The Bucharest Municipality decided in 2017 to establish a working group for
remediation of this situation. Together with the Ministry of Environment and the National Administration
The Forest sector finally identifies a solution that satisfies everyone.
the parties involved and be legal at the same time.

Thus, the asphalted section over
1 km is to be transferred to the City Hall for administration to become a public road in
the basis of Law 192/2010. The procedure is a complex one and
are finalized by issuing a Government Decision for implementation
according to law 192/2010.

The unpaved section, approximately 300 meters long
and with an area of 3000 square meters it was to be taken out of the fund
forestier conform art. 37 din Codul Silvic (legea nr. 46/2008) pentru funcțiunea „drum de interes local”. Pentru realizarea acestui proces, dezvoltatorul ansamblului rezidențial Greenfield a oferit în
compensate for double the area, of 6000 square meters, despite the fact that the law
provided for compensation of only 1 to 1. The only conditions were that the land offered
in compensation, to be urban land, adjacent to the forest fund, suitable for afforestation
and located in Sector 1, conditions fully met.

Next, these procedures were
[text was cut off] and all the documentation provided for
as well as the opinions from the Ministry of Environment.
National Forest Administration. The long time to complete the steps was caused by
 discrepancies between forestry and environmental legislation. At the end of April 2020, all documentation was submitted to the Government, which must ascertain
completion of legal procedures and to issue an Implementing Decision
Law 192/2010.

We also mention that Vadul Moldovei street
is included in the urban development plan, in the project
Airplane Breakout , which involves an expressway between the Aviației area and the new
Henri Coandă International Airport terminal.Source info)

The forest road that is entirely superimposed by Vadul Moldovei Street today
serves another residential neighborhood, as well as public interest facilities, such as
The Zoo and the Romanian Shooting Federation.

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