President Soyer, who laid the foundation of drinking water construction with an investment of 80 million liras in Menemen, met with the citizens in Seyrek. Explaining the process related to Koyundere and Asarlık stations, which they plan to make in order to facilitate the access of the dense population living in the region to İZBAN, Mayor Soyer said, “I promised for two stations, I will do it. With TCDD's approval of the station locations, we will first go out to tender for the project. After the approval of TCDD for the project to be prepared after the tender, we will start the construction tender process.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerBefore the groundbreaking ceremony of the drinking water infrastructure project in Menemen, he met with the public in Seyrek and listened to the problems. Minister Tunç Soyer, then visited Villakent. During his visit to Villakent, Soyer was accompanied by EGE-KOOP Chairman Hüseyin Aslan, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Secretary General Şükran Nurlu, Villa Kent Hand in Hand Association Chairman of the Board of Directors Kamuran Bakkal, Seyrek District Headman Sevgi Zengin and the management of the association.
Villakent will save water thanks to the Sponge City project
The President who solved the irrigation problem in the gardens Tunç Soyer“The rain water falling on the roofs will be harvested, cleaned and reused thanks to the Sponge City project. With the application, the water that is discharged from the roof will be used in line with the needs of the facility. Thus, the use of mains water will be reduced. Residents of the site will both fight drought and reduce their costs at the same time. Villakent will save water thanks to the Sponge City project.”
I promised, I will
President Soyer, who listened to the demands of the citizens in Seyrek, will İZBAN come here? On the question, “I promised for Koyundere and Asarlık stations, I will do it. We want to facilitate the access of the dense population living in the region to İZBAN. With TCDD's approval of the station locations, we will first go out to tender for the project. After the approval of TCDD for the project to be prepared after the tender, the construction tender process will begin.
Cemetery is not allocated
Citizens, who stated that even from the city center, came to Emiralem for a burial place, asked President Soyer for a cemetery. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer He said, “We cannot find a cemetery in İzmir. The treasury does not make room for us. We need 200 thousand square meters of cemetery area every year. We have made a request for a 7,7 million square meter cemetery area, but there are places that have not been allocated.”
High inflation makes us tired
Pointing out that Turkey is facing a very serious economic crisis, the President Tunç Soyer“There is a fire in your kitchen, and there is a fire in our kitchen. High inflation is tiring us. It was an order that turned our investment programs upside down. We will continue to allocate resources to issues that need to be resolved urgently. With official invested resources you only collect garbage. Because our government does not enter into any of these investments in the rail system, treatment plant, drinking water and infrastructure.”
Investments will end this period
Stating that they had to finish the basic investments this period, President Soyer said, “We continued our investments without being affected by the pandemic, earthquake or anything. 95 percent of Narlıdere Metro is finished; 5 percent left. 90 percent of the Çiğli tram is finished. We have to provide these services. I went to Ankara on Monday. I spoke with the World Bank Türkiye representative. We are opening a new resource. We know both the solution and the source. Nobody sees the investments made underground. The subway is on the ground. The sewer is on the ground. Drinking water floors are on the ground. When the work is done, that Gulf will be swimmable, and that metro will reach everywhere. These periods will pass, there will be days when we will breathe again. Have no doubts,” he said.