At Alexandre Noppe’s microphone, the thorny issue of the Josaphat wasteland was discussed. For David Leisterh, the Brussels government does not respect its commitments. “The day following the climate marches, the Brussels government promised us greening. Instead we had concrete blocks all over the place and now it’s walls on a wasteland that has been recognized”, explains the group leader who voted to transform this wasteland into a nature reserve. “It’s true that we need new housing in Brussels, but why attack symbolic high places like the wasteland of Joaphat when we know that there are lots of other places to rehabilitate like the zone du midi, the zone du canal,… I still have 10 places to mention at least.”
A debate that might bring down the Brussels government but for the MR, there is no question of passing now into the majority. “We’ve been in the opposition for 20 years, so we’re not going to rise to a majority and assume a 20-year record that we don’t carry at all.“says David Leisterh who says he remains open to discussion. “If we were to pass in the majority, it might take months and months of discussions, I warn.”
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Regarding the Good Move plan, David Leisterh assures that he no longer has a car at the moment and makes most of his trips with his bike, “an electric speed that goes up to 45 km / h” as the Alex Reed of LN24 describes it. What to give reason to Elke Van Den Brandt (Groen) who wants to unclog Brussels cars? Not really. “Good Move says that there must be less traffic jams, less pollution, less congestion,… That’s what many big cities have been doing for many years. Only in Brussels, they have put neither talent nor method. The observation is clear today: Brussels has lost 5 years because there are more accidents and more traffic jams than before.”
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His solution is alternatives to the car. “There must be more buses, trams and metros in the city. I urge you to look in recent years for the number of extra kilometers that there are in terms of public transport, it’s pokey! There should also be consultation with citizens. […] Here, overnight, people found themselves with concrete blocks in front of their homes.”
