Riga residents to vote on 49 participatory budget project ideas, about 12 could be built
Riga residents will be able to vote this year on 49 project ideas submitted by residents themselves in the city's participatory budget contest. The municipality is setting aside more than 2.8 million euros, which could fund about 12 ideas.
Residents of Riga, Latvia's capital, will be able to vote this year on 49 project ideas submitted by fellow residents. The vote is part of the city's participatory budget contest, in which residents themselves choose which ideas are carried out with municipal money. Riga has run the contest for the eighth year.
Largest sum in the contest's history
This year the municipality is prepared to devote the largest amount in the contest's history – more than 2.8 million euros. The funds are intended for improving neighbourhoods, developing sports and recreation infrastructure, greening, and other amenities in the urban environment.
The money may allow 12 of the 49 ideas to be carried out. That means only some of the proposals submitted will be implemented, so residents' votes will determine which ones go ahead.
The source gives no further details on the voting procedure, deadlines or the specific projects.
