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THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BAMCO CONSORTIUM ARE RESUMED
This morning the BAMCO Consortium temporarily stopped all works under the contract, moreover, they failed to meet their contractual obligation to mitigate damages: they suspended operations in the manner that hampers the progress of other contractors.
THE BACKING OF THE 4TH LINE OF THE METRO INTENSIFIES
By the results of the latest survey conducted at the end of September 2008 by the Marketing Centrum the support of the 4th line of the metropolitan among the residents of Budapest increased in six months from 80 to 84 per cent.
INTRODUCING THE 4TH LINE OF THE METRO AT THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
A stand introducing the 4th line of the metro is installed at the exhibition of the Professional Week for Civil Engineering held in the assembly hall of the Vásárhelyi Pál College of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
THE BAMCO CONSORTIUM STILL CARRIES ON WORKING AT ALL CONSTRUCTION SITES
This morning BAMCO Consortium resumed works, but they failed to answer to the deadline the proposal regarding the settlement of the issue of excess costs made earlier by the DBR Metro Project Directorate. BAMCO announced instead that they would stop operations at all sites effective from Monday.
HUNDREDS ON THE STARTING-LINE ON SATURDAY FOR A CLEANER BUDAPEST
On September 20th 2008 the events of the Józsefváros Health Day took place the fourth time this year. This event of outstanding importance for the 8th district was organized on Mátyás Square in the heart of the Magdolna Quarter. This year the 4th line of the metro – the Green Line – was also represented at this event.
GRAFFITI WALL AT THE ETELE SQUARE AND NÉPSZÍNHÁZ STREET STATIONS OF THE 4TH LINE OF THE METRO
On September 19th 2008 Gábor Demszky, Mayor of the City of Budapest legitimized the boarding fence at the Etele Square and Népszínház Street stations of the 4th line of the metro as graffiti walls. From today on the boarding fences handed over as part of the anti-graffiti campaign are available for anybody to paint on them. The objective of the organizers of this action is to draw the attention of residents to the extraordinary damage graffiti cause to the image of the city and the raison d'être of artistic graffiti if warrantable under the law.
M4 FOOT RACE ON THE HEALTH DAY IN JÓZSEFVÁROS
The Mátyás Square in the heart of the Magdolna Quarter of the 8th district hosts the Józsefváros Health Day organized this year the fourth time. This is an impressive event, where the organizers offer colorful programs for those who value their health. This year the 4th line of the metro – the Green Line – was also represented at this event.
PANORAMIC IMAGES OF STATION CONSTRUCTION
A spectacular panoramic image of the Móricz Zsigmond Circus station has been prepared recently. It can be zoomed and rotated in all directions giving the impression of presence inside the giant engineering structure under construction.
SEE-SAW AT TWENTY METER DEPTH
The Ráday Culture Street (Culture Street) plans an extraordinary open-air theatre show at the Rákóczi Square station of the 4th line of the metro under construction. The show is to begin at 7.00 p.m. September 25th 2008, at depth well below 20 m.
M4 EXHIBITION IN THE PARK OF THE CITY HALL
An exhibition on the construction of the 4th line of the metro is opened this year again in the park of the City Hall. The series of giant billboards showing the routing of the metro line under construction will be on display until the end of October at the end of the park nearest to Gerlóczy Street (at the Merlin Theatre).