A Park of 86,000 Square Metres Is Being Built on a Former Illegal Dump in Karposh, Gjorgievski: 200,000 Square Metres of Parks in One Year
Along the Vardar quay the waste is being cleared and equipment and lighting installed. The cost, deadline and source of funds were not announced.
Skopje – On an area of 86,000 square metres along the Vardar quay in Karposh, used for years as an illegal dump for mixed waste, a new park is being built. This was announced by the Mayor of Skopje Orce Gjorgievski on November 10.
“Where waste piled up for years, trees will grow,” Gjorgievski said. “The work is moving at a strong pace, we are clearing the accumulated waste,” he added, announcing that the project will be completed soon.
Crews are clearing the waste and arranging the area, and the installation of urban furniture and lighting is under way. Greenery and trees, sports fields, fitness zones and pedestrian paths are planned. The park will also have a dedicated hydrant water network.
The area is intended for children, young people, families and older residents, the mayor stated.
Gjorgievski also visited the site on October 7, together with the Mayor of Karposh Sotir Lukrovski. “This very place was for years a huge illegal dump,” he said then, stating that cables were also burned at the site. According to him, the waste and the contaminated top layer have been removed, and clean soil is being brought to the ground. “Citizens endured the consequences of such neglect for too long. We are putting an end to that,” the mayor said.
By the editorial calculation, 86,000 square metres are 8.6 hectares.
“In just one year we have 200,000 square metres of parks!” Gjorgievski said, assessing that creating new parks is among his highest priorities. Taking that figure, the park in Karposh alone would be about 43 percent of it, by the editorial calculation. The mayor did not state whether the new park is included in the total area.
The topic of greenery in Skopje is also linked to air quality in the heating season, when pollution is regularly among the main city problems. How many new trees will be planted in Karposh was not announced.
What was not announced: how much the project costs, who finances it, who the contractor is and what the exact deadline for completion is. There are also no data on the amount of waste cleared and where it was taken.
The first verifiable fact will be the opening date. Until then, only the area and the planned content of the project are known.
MKNews Hub · Macedonia · November 11, 2026
