Capital cities in the town hall square 18 sets of benches have been updated. This is a gift to Vilnius from the territory management company "Mano aplinka". The company decided to renovate one of the most beautiful places in the old town of Vilnius after assessing that the old benches were no longer worth repairing.
According to the company's director Mindaugas Strigockis, "Mano aplinka" handles various worn-out details of small architecture, including benches in the Town Hall, on the order of the municipality. Therefore, it was easy to observe the deterioration of their quality: "Managing the benches has been difficult in recent years, as the wooden planks were increasingly rotting and looking bad in this place that represents the city. Taking this into account, we decided to replace all the boards with new ones at our own expense."
By renovating the benches, the city janitors joined the "Gift to Vilnius" initiative of the capital city municipality. This is evidenced by the special information boards attached to the benches.
"We are a company that has been cleaning and decorating Vilnius for many years, so we have been thinking about a useful gift for the city for a long time. We decided to present it before the holidays, when this frequently visited place is decorated", M. Strigockis shared the idea of the gift. According to him, the gift also symbolically announced the start of the winter working year - the company intensively clears snow from most of the capital's sidewalks and representative places in the winter.
The gift is not only intended for the upcoming holidays - the benches will last a long time for the citizens and guests of the city, because the wood-plastic composite terrace boards have been selected. They do not burn, do not rot, are resistant to moisture, cold and large temperature fluctuations. So, if the wooden boards were not resistant to the constantly changing weather, the new benches are much more capable of withstanding various conditions, regardless of whether it is winter or summer.
"We wanted the benches to be long-lasting, not require additional investments during maintenance and remain unchanged throughout the year," said M. Strigockis.
We hope that the townspeople and city guests will also respect the benches.
