Programme: Programme "Environment" 2021-2027

The current project includes activities for greening the urban environment in the territory of Haskovo Municipality to reduce secondary dust, which will contribute to improving air quality in terms of fine particulate matter (PM).
It is planned to build green infrastructure to reduce secondary dust in urban environments, affecting the microclimate of cities, supplementing landscaping (landscape design with vegetation) with tree and shrub species, as well as grassing, along busy city streets/boulevards, as well as public open-access spaces (publicly accessible), including city parks, gardens, squares, inter-block spaces, etc. The 75 plots/objects in which interventions will be made are public municipal property within the regulatory boundaries in the urbanized territories of a settlement within the municipality.
Greening activities are eligible under the priority "Air" within the framework of measures to address secondary dust - green infrastructure in the urban environment. The focus is on ambient air quality (AAQ) through investments in plant species with the highest degree of efficiency in terms of PM capture and natural air purification. The investments are aimed at building green infrastructure in the urban environment (along streets and boulevards, greening of "mud patches", etc.). The project idea is consistent with the specific eligibility requirements of beneficiaries under the program. The applicant is a municipality with impaired AAQ in the period 2017-2021 and there is an active municipal air quality program adopted by the relevant municipal council.