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Encourage public participation

When the plan was launched, a principle was laid down:

the project and the budget should be highly transparent
to facilitate citizen participation. One example is the My
Street project, which is claimed as the world's largest urban
reconstruction project with a three-year investment of USD1.6

billion (around HK$13 billion).

At the same time, through the Active Citizen electronic voting
platform, the Muscovites were encouraged to select the road
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sections which they wanted to restore. As a result, more than
500,000 citizens selected 233 locations, covering streets,
plazas, riverbanks; and the preferred sequence and materials
to be used. Suggested new bus routes were also voted on.

After restoration, the widths of many footpaths were doubled,
while more than 2,000 historical buildings were renovated,
more than 10,000 trees were planted and free public WiFi

was set up with seamless continuity in the city centre; the
newly built 20 km bicycle track and 400 modern bus stations
with free WiFi and USB charging plugs were also created. No