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Cleantech Estonia is looking for master students, post-graduates and young professionals to lead the transformation that society needs to be more sustainable.

The national Environmental Board is seeking the opinion of the City of Tallinn on a geological survey for the opening of a new quarry in Nõmme, the area between Viljandi Road and Lake Raku. Tallinn strongly opposes the opening of the new quarry and rejects the application.

Tallinn is taking part in an international project to develop an effective package of adaptation measures to counter the increasing effect of heat waves caused by climate change, with Väike-Õismäe as the pilot area.

All four waste stations in Tallinn are open every day from the beginning of April to provide smoother service. The stations switch to summer operation on 1 April, which also means longer opening hours.

To create a nine-kilometre-long park area on a limestone cliff bordering Lasnamäe, Kesklinn and Pirita, a call for ideas was carried out among Tallinn residents. The results will be presented today, 31 March, from 5 pm to 7 pm, at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (Lauluväljaku Klaassaal). The presentation can also be followed online.

A temporary prohibition on motor vehicle traffic on Astangu Street in the Haabersti district to ensure safer migration routes for amphibians, originally planned from 31 March to 14 April, will be postponed to start from 10 April to 30 April. The traffic restriction will be in force from 9 pm to 6 am on the stretch from Kotermaa Street 1 to Astangu Street 19/3. The restriction does not apply to public transport passing through Astangu Street.

In order to ensure safer migration routes for amphibians, Tallinn applies a temporary prohibition on motor vehicle traffic on Astangu Street from 31 March to 14 April from 9 pm to 6 am. The restriction involves the section of Astangu Street between Kotermaa Street 1 and Astangu Street 19/3. The traffic restriction does not apply to public transport passing through Astangu Street.

Tallinn aims to create a nine-kilometre-long park area on a limestone cliff bordering Lasnamäe, Kesklinn and Pirita. The results of the call for ideas for the park will be presented on Thursday 31 March at 17–19 in the Lauluväljaku Klaassaal. The presentation and following discussion is also available online on this page here or on Facebook.

The Tallinn Environment and Public Works Department and the Kristiine district government will present the project for the reconstruction of the Tondi and Kotka streets intersection at a public consultation near the Tondi railway station (Tondi 21a) on Wednesday, 30 March at 6 pm.

Tallinn started its spring cleaning this week, with the work lasting at least a month depending on weather conditions. The first areas to be cleared are the main streets, bicycle lanes, sidewalks, pavements and public transport waiting areas, where debris and dirt accumulated over the winter will be removed. Spring cleaning will end with a major street wash.