Riga City Council Chairman Vilnis Ķirsis on Thursday, April 25, at At 9:00 a.m., he invited the Ministry of Transport and the management of the “Riga” airport to a meeting to discuss the further course of action with the 22 undeveloped plots of land near the airport.
After the meeting, roughly until At 10.00 a.m., a press briefing will be held in the Riga Mayor’s office, room 221.
It has already been reported that in March the Riga City Council decided to restore the municipality’s possession and property rights to 22 plots of land near the “Riga” airport transferred for privatization, as well as to stop the development of the local plan of the territory. The decision was made following the application of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Latvia regarding the illegal privatization of undeveloped land in the territory necessary for the further development of the civil aviation airport of national importance.
The Legal Department of the Central Administration of the municipality also concluded that the Riga City Council was not entitled to make a decision in 2012 to transfer these plots of land to privatization and sell them at an auction, the Council’s decision should be recognized as illegal and should be revoked.
On April 14, 2022, 22 undeveloped plots of land belonging to the Riga Municipality near the International Airport “Riga” were sold at auction. They were purchased for EUR 5,679,000 by the company SIA “Cella investment 3”, belonging to the real estate developer “Sirin Development”.
Department of External Communication of Riga Municipality
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