The Brno City Hall has suspended the proceedings regarding the train station

Brno - The Brno City Hall has suspended the proceedings regarding the appeal of activists against the zoning decision for the construction of a new Brno railway station in a relocated position by the river. The resolution to suspend the proceedings was published on its website. It is valid until mid-November. There are protracted disputes in Brno about the location of the station.
    The station relocated to the river, which the city has long advocated, received a zoning decision last year, making it the third in order. The Children of the Earth, the Civic Association Old Settlement, and one individual have appealed against it. Civic associations advocate for the variant of a new station in its current position under Petrov, and thus they are trying to prevent the relocation of the station to the river.
    Miroslav Patrik from the Children of the Earth movement stated today that he does not know the reasons for the suspension of the proceedings. "Perhaps it is related to the effort to announce a local referendum on the station's location," Patrik said.
    This is what the activists from the Civic Alliance Referendum 2014 are trying to achieve. The Brno City Hall did not acknowledge part of the signatures they collected. By the end of the week, they need to gather another 5,200 signatures to push for a new vote on the reconstruction of the railway hub in Brno.
    The goal of the activists is to hold the referendum together with the autumn municipal elections, namely on October 10 and 11, which would likely ensure higher participation from Brno residents. The deadline is in jeopardy; however, the alliance hopes to succeed either through legal means or through expedited collection of the missing signatures.
    In the referendum, people will decide whether the city will take all steps to modernize the main station in its current location. In the second question, Brno residents will express their opinion on the demand for an open design competition.
    In the first referendum ten years ago, the majority of Brno residents voted for the current location. However, the referendum was not binding due to a low turnout of voters. Now, a 35 percent turnout would suffice for binding nature. Part of the activists from the coalition Station in the Center, which called for the first referendum, ironically disagrees with the new vote. They do not want to politicize the issue and are relying on the results of a comparative study of both locations.