February the 19th, 2021 - Some Zagreb chimneys are set to meet their end this Sunday and the local authorities have issued a warning to people in case their memories of the earthquake are triggered by the sound - No, it isn't another quake.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, due to seismic damage caused to the load-bearing structure, some Zagreb chimneys, more specifically of the Crnomerec Brickyard, will be demolished on Sunday at noon. At the location of the former Ciglane Zagreb, next to the tram turnaround in Crnomerec, an industrial complex with two chimneys at the address Ilica-Ciglanska ulica 7 was abandoned.

These Zagreb chimneys are located in the eastern and western part of the main building with brick kilns - the height of the western chimney is 49.8 metres, and the height of the eastern chimney is 62.2 metres.

Due to last year's terrible earthquakes, on the March 22nd here in Zagreb and on December the 29th in Petrinja, the chimneys were heavily damaged. Due to this damage, their stability was disturbed and their very structures now represent a danger, so on Sunday, February the 21st, 2021, a controlled demolition will be carried out to remove this concern.

The chosen method of demolition will see both of these Zagreb chimneys rotated in a northwesterly direction. The direction was chosen with regard to the environment and the possibility of them falling into free space and the protection of facilities that are in operation in the vicinity, with the least damage potentially done to the brickyard's facilities, the statement said.

"For the purpose of removing the Zagreb chimneys at the location of Ilica 288 at the building of the Old Brickyard on Sunday, February the 21st, from 11:45 to 12:15, traffic along Ilica in the part from Selska cesta to Oranica street will be disabled. The actual chimney removal itself is scheduled for 12 noon,'' the company carrying out the demolition reported.

Residents of Crnomerec who live in the immediate vicinity have been asked to open their windows and lower the blinds by 11:45 and keep them open until the end of the detonation is announced with an audible signal to prevent their windows from cracking. Residens were also asked not to stand by their open windows and watch the Zagreb chimneys being taken down. All side streets along that part of Ilica will also be closed off to traffic, and pedestrians will not be allowed to move freely during that time.

Bypass routes during the aforementioned works will be: Ilica - Oranica - Zagrebacka cesta - Prilaz baruna Filipovica and Ilica - Selska cesta - Zagorska - Tomislavova - Zagrebacka cesta - Oranica - Ilica.

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A quick heads up if you live in or are visiting Zagreb this weekend as part of the Croatian capital city will remain without trams over the next couple of days.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 4th of October, 2019,  the number 31 night bus will run as usual tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but the heavily used tram lines on which number 6 and 7 run are going to be changing.

Due to the works taking place on Most Mladosti (Bridge of Youth), Novi Zagreb is set to remain without trams this coming weekend.

As a result, the line of number 607 will be extended, which will operate along the following section: Savski most - Avenija Dubrovnik - Držićeva - Vukovarska, and the updated temporary timetable with more detail on that can be on the ZET website. As previously mentioned, the number 31 night bus will run as usual tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but tram lines 6 and 7 will alter.

Tram number 6 will thus operate along the following section: Črnomerec - Ban Josip Jelačić Square - Main Station (Glavni Kolodvor) - Bus Station (Autobusni Kolodvor) - Heinzelova - Žitnjak. Line number 7, however, will run along the Dubec - Dubrava - Kvaternikov Square - Bus Station (Autobusni Kolodvor) - Heinzelova - Žitnjak route.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 13th of April, 2019, the national children's hospital project is now finally entering a much more serious phase, and the Croatian Ministry of Health and the City of Zagreb, which are partners on this strategic project, will finally present it to the public in full, according to a report from Vecernji list, citing an international public bid to draw up a feasibility study for the huge project in Blato, Zagreb.

The feasibility study is necessary for this project because it will properly specify the requirements of the architecture, the urban planning, the ecological impact, the traffic situation, and all of the other parameters which need to be carefully considered and constructed, and one of the feasibility study elements would be the preparation of medical documentation.

Fifteen of the major international bidders are expected to report their segment-based studies, each within its own respective scope, and therefore a comprehensive study will ultimately define just what will go where, and where exactly to begin with construction. The start of work on feasibility studies from the project's partners, the Croatian Ministry of Health and the City of Zagreb, will be presented on this coming Monday, as was confirmed to Večernji list by Vili Beroš from the Ministry of Health.

"We received 42 million kuna from the Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014 - 2020 project, which is now a European project, and its initial presentation is common within such projects," explained Beroš.

The announcement of this tender was preceded by an electronic public consultation with all interested parties.

The core of Croatia's brand new national children's hospital would be the current Zagreb Children's Hospital, Klaićeva.

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Driving in Zagreb comes with both ease and difficulties, unlike the along the coast, the time of year rarely causes issues when it comes to traffic in Zagreb, but Mayor Milan Bandić's timing for major roadworks often does.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 14th of December, 2018, after having been delayed multiple times, the closing of the huge Zagreb roundabout has now been announced for this coming Sunday, December the 16th, 2018, as has another important event, a sporting one.

On Sunday, December the 16th, the Zagreb Advent Run will take place in the Croatian capital, and driving in Zagreb will become more problematic as the new traffic changes will come into force.

Isidor Kršnjavi street (Ulica Isidora Kršnjavog), where the start of the race will be, will be closed for all traffic from 08:00 to 12:30 on the aforementioned date.

The rest of the routes being used within the scope of the Zagreb Advent Run will begin being closed off by local police several minutes before the start of the race at 10:00 and will remain closed until 12:30.

Sunday will also bring problems owing to the Dinamo Zagreb - Hajduk Split match, which traditionally brings with it major traffic jams, at 15:00.

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The aim of the parking price increase is to make people more inclined to make use of Zagreb's public transport.