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BUDAPEST MAYOR'S OFFICE: VOTING ON COMMUNITY BUDGET PROPOSALS OPEN UNTIL OCT 7

 

Votes can be submitted about Budapest residents’ proposals for city development and budget planning until October 7, the Budapest mayor’s office said on Thursday. All persons aged above 14 who live or study in Budapest are invited to cast their votes online at otlet.budapest.hu or in person at various Budapest libraries and at the Budapest mayor’s office customer service desk. It is not required to have a registered Budapest address to be eligible, the statement said. Some 700 proposals were submitted last year, 175 of which has been selected by a professional jury and the votes can now be submitted on these proposals, it added. The most popular proposals will be carried out from a total allocation of 1 billion forints (EUR 2.5m), it said. Over the past three years, the Budapest city council carried out 17 public proposals submitted under the scheme.