Balgarianovinite.com Sofia Municipality is expanding the city’s green system through a new project worth BGN 5.7 million, Deputy Mayor for Environment Nadezhda Bobcheva told a press conference on Friday. The project, entitled “Green Measures for Cleaner Air”, financed under the Environment Programme, aims to improve air quality by increasing green areas across the capital.
Bobcheva said that selected plant species will help absorb fine particulate matter, while district mayors are actively involved in choosing the locations. The expansion of green infrastructure complements the municipality’s broader clean-air measures, including low-emission zones for vehicles, controls on domestic heating and construction activities, and efforts to curb illegal waste burning.
The project includes three components: innovative green solutions, street greening, and greening of inter-block spaces. It envisages greening a total of 9.90 hectares with 2,089 new trees (1,809 deciduous and 280 coniferous) and 57,664 deciduous shrubs proven effective in capturing fine dust.
New green areas will be created along major road corridors such as Tsar Boris III Blvd., Todor Alexandrov Blvd., and Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd. Additional landscaping is planned for inter-block spaces in Mladost 2 and Obelya 2, with vegetation concentrated in areas adjacent to traffic to maximise filtering of pollutants.
Plans also include a vertical green wall at the main entrance of University First Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment Sofia and mobile planters at a playground in North Park to improve microclimate and reduce dust dispersion.
Greening and improvement works will cover 11 sites across Sofia. Landscaping along Khan Kubrat Blvd. between Lomsko Shose Blvd. and Beli Dunav St. is expected to begin in the following week, Bobcheva added. Sofia Launches BGN 5.7 Mln Urban Greening Project 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-21 16:12:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law