Vodno, the lungs of Skopje, is getting a makeover - at least according to a Facebook post by Mayor Orce Gjorgjievski. From the Seismological Station to the road toward Sunny City, new LED lighting is being installed for the first time, which, as the mayor says, makes that stretch "safer, tidier, and more dignified for all citizens."

Besides the lighting, new protective railings have gone up, fresh asphalt has been laid, and the paths, benches, and gazebos have been refurbished. For a mountain that families, athletes, and ordinary walkers fill every weekend looking for a breath away from the city, any improvement is welcome - Vodno really does deserve the care, and the mayor is right about that.

But it's worth pausing on one detail in the wording. "For the first time ever" lighting is being installed on that stretch - meaning that for all these years the most-visited mountain above the capital went without basic lighting along an entire section. That's not just a reason to praise the current administration, but a quiet question for all the previous ones: how did a place like this stay in the dark for so long?

The announcement is, of course, a mayor's Facebook post - a genre in which every paved meter looks like a historic achievement. The real measure won't be the number of likes under the post, but whether the new railings still stand next winter, whether the benches survive a single summer, and whether the LED lights keep shining once the cameras and the posts are gone. Vodno earned this upgrade long ago. Now it remains to be seen whether it holds - or whether it becomes yet another project that shines only as long as the post is live.