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The Capital proud of an anti-fascist tradition; Memorial plaque to players of FC "Budućnost" and part of Njegoševa street near the city stadium renovated

The Mayor of Podgorica, Ivan Vuković, PhD, with his associates, visited the works completed today on the reconstruction of part of Njegoševa Street, the stretch from Ivan Crnojević Boulevard to the roundabout at the Public Institution for Emergency Medical Aid. After that, the mayor visited the renewed memorial plaque dedicated to the fallen players and members of FC "Budućnost".

Vuković pointed out that the Day of the Liberation of Podgorica is always an opportunity to remember the most important dates in the history of our city and the glorious tradition of anti-fascism that we have remained proud of to this day.

"The tradition of anti-fascism is the foundation of a civil, multiethnic society that our city is traditionally proud of, so this year we chose to mark the Day of the city, after our expert team from the Museum and Gallery did the restoration, by returning a plaque dedicated to the players of FC "Budućnost" who laid down their lives for freedom in the Second World War to the place where it originally stood", Vuković pointed out, emphasizing that Budućnost is the pride of the city and that in this way we remember those who indebted us, who showed us the way and said that we are proud of the anti-fascist tradition associated with the glorious name of Budućnost (Future) and our Podgorica.

"We are very proud of that tradition, we are very proud that our largest and most important sports team have just such a history, such a tradition and that is why we are very pleased that today to meet the great jubilee-celebration of the centenary of the club we can say that it is financially stable and extremely successful ", the mayor of Podgorica pointed out.

The director of the city company "Putevi", Radenko Bulatović, pointed out that in the past 10 days, a branch of Njegoševa Street was repaired, for which about EUR 55,000 were set aside.

"We have completed the rehabilitation of a part of Njegoševa Street, with an area of 1,000 m2 of asphalt layer, we have removed the damaged asphalt road, prepared the base for asphalting, reconstructed the gutters, finished the wearing layer and then drew the horizontal signalization. We have also repaired 700 m2 of sidewalks, and it is important to emphasize that the traffic in this part of the street will be one-way", Bulatović concluded.