Secret tunnel for Porsche: City is worried about grassland!

Secret tunnel for Porsche: City is worried about grassland!

A sensational construction project causes a stir in Salzburg: the billionaire Wolfgang Porsche plans a 500-meter-long tunnel, which is to lead from the Linzengasse underground car park through Kapuzinerberg to the former Stefan-Zweig-Villa. According to the current report of Orf Salzburg , this tunnel is not only built for the personal use of Porsche, but on urban reason, which leads to significant questions about the permits and previous agreements.

The contract was concluded under the former mayor Harald Preuner (ÖVP), with a one -off payment of 40,000 euros. Originally, it was assumed that Porsche had only bought the right to enter the urban reason, but it now turns out that this payment also includes the justification for the entire tunnel construction at around 1,500 square meters of city ground. The green club chairwoman Ingeborg Haller expressed concerns: "We have the tunnel, but we also have around 300 square meters for a private garage for ten to twelve cars. I think - I think - from completely different dimensions," so her critical assessment.

permits and legal questions

For the construction of the underground car park, the municipal council is also approved because the area is classified as a grassland and landscape protection area. As Der Spiegel Not yet adapted, which is a challenge for the implementation of the project. Critics, including the green planning and traffic councilor Anna Schiester, call for a re-assessment of the rights of use and the contract modalities. The requirement of an independent evaluation of the easement is now in the room. "The city never had its own report checked how much it can ask for the rights of use of the urban reason," said a statement.