Today, the mandate, ethics and Application Committee has seen 12 144 Latvian citizens ' collective submissions "help prevent permanent deforestation and create a park in the place of the former cycling track" Mars! ".

The company is asking to keep 34 ancient linden in the former "Mars" territory and to create a park there. However, the "real estate property" of the VAS wants to build a new national Security Service (VDD) building on that territory. « Harmony» MEPs believe that the "National Real Estate Agency" ("SRÏ") needs to find an alternative to the location of the new VDD building. The EAC is the largest asset of Latvia – the land and building manager, and there are many uninhabited buildings that could be applied for the purposes of the National Security Service. " We are in the rational use of existing resources, say Ms Vitalijs Orlov, president of the mandate, ethics and Application Committee.  "Reconciliation" Members agree with the authors of the collective submission and cannot support a project that will adversely affect human health in a city where air quality is particularly problematic. « It reiterates that climate-neutral policies must be developed in the country and listening to society, creating a green, safe and urban-friendly environment. Former bicycle track is located next to one of the busiest highways of Riga – Brivibas gatve. A new complex of business and residential buildings is actively developing alongside cycling track, and citizens and employees are interested in creating a park. There is a collision between the protection of national security and the environment, but considerable tax payers ' money has already been invested in the project. " It is common ground that the trees, by transforming carbon dioxide into oxygen, help to cleanse the air and absorb the harmful pollution caused by vehicles. Once, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has that air pollution is a key environmental risk to human health, "explains MEP and Doctor Vitalijs Orlov. The European Court of Auditors joins the WHO and in its report on air pollution (No 23/2018) confirms that approximately 400 000 people die in premature deaths each year due to excessive air pollution by dust particles, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. European citizens still breathe polluted air, mainly because the legislation is easy to implement and climate policy is being steplessly implemented.