The Lviv City Council has once again rejected the construction of over 8 hectares in Lysynychi by the State Special Communications.
The Lviv City Council has received a repeated request from the State Special Communications Service regarding changes to the urban planning conditions and restrictions for the new construction of a residential complex with built-in and attached public premises, parking lots, an elementary school, and a preschool in the village of Lysinichi. A large residential quarter for over 3,000 residents is planned to be built on more than 8 hectares of land, while there are no schools in the settlement to meet the needs of such a population. This issue was discussed again during a meeting of the executive committee of the Lviv City Council on Friday, December 27.
“The question is, who will provide the infrastructure, kindergartens, and schools? Are we creating a huge problem?” noted Andriy Moskalenko, the first deputy mayor of Lviv.
“In the conditions of war, the State Special Communications Service wants to develop 8 hectares in the village of Lysinichi and build 5,000 m2 of area. I have a rhetorical question for the State Special Communications Service: do they not have more pressing work in wartime, especially since Russia has attacked all the registries of our state? That is, the State Special Communications Service wants to develop 8 hectares and build 5,000 m2 of area, doubling the population of Lysinichi. I believe the State Special Communications Service should provide public answers to these questions,” added Yevhen Boyko.
Andriy Moskalenko concluded that the issues raised by Yevhen Boyko require answers and understanding.
The area in question covers a total of 8.4 hectares near Vynnykivska Street and Volodymyr Ivasyuk Street in Lysinichi, which is state-owned. In 2013, the government issued an order listing land plots for residential construction for the State Special Communications Service, among which was a plot in the village of Lysinichi that once belonged to a military unit. Currently, there are a checkpoint, an electrical substation, a service station, an administrative building, and a restroom on the site, which have long been unused, and the area itself is neglected.
In 2022, at the request of the State Special Communications Service, the Lviv City Council developed a project to amend the detailed plan, which included demolishing the old buildings and constructing a large residential quarter with 47 sections and 1,150 apartments. The residential buildings were designed to be 4 stories high, while a separate public building was planned to be 3 stories. The construction plan includes closed pedestrian courtyards, public space, and a park in the center of the quarter. The southern part of the quarter is planned to have a two-level parking lot, while the northern part will feature a sports area. In total, 673 parking spaces were planned for the residential quarter. Additionally, the project included the construction of a private kindergarten for 150 children.
Subsequently, the State Special Communications Service repeatedly appealed to the Lviv City Council for urban planning conditions and restrictions for this construction, as well as requested the city council to announce an architectural competition for the design of the elementary school.