Dispute over space on the water: Vienna is planning a new office ship for Viadonau!

Dispute over space on the water: Vienna is planning a new office ship for Viadonau!

A controversial project takes on shape: The Viadonau plans to build an office ship on the Danube, which should cost around 30 million euros and to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2026, as the Kurier . Up to 120 employees of the Viadonau and 50 officers from the Handelskai police inspection are to be accommodated there in the future. However, the planned location of the ship is not without controversy, since it is to be positioned between the existing investors of the cruise ships. The Vienna-Holding subsidiary Donaumaum Wien warns that this could lose a jetty, which would significantly disrupt the operating processes in the port of people.

dispute over the location

The negotiations between the Viadonau and the City of Vienna on the exact placement of the ship are difficult. While the Viadonau sees advantages through the common location, Donaumaum emphasizes the existing space problems at the person harbor at the Reichsbrücke. The city has already filed an objection to the approval for the office shipping, and the procedure now lies with the Federal Administrative Court. The only solution may be a different location, for example at the Millennium City, where there would be more space for the ship.

In the background, there are also efforts that Vienna buying some of the countries to the federal government to make the Waterfront more attractive. Financial City Councilor Peter Hanke (SPÖ) said that the plan was to have the conversations more intensely in order to develop long -term solutions for the spatial conflicts on the water. However, the challenge remains that the current conditions of the shipping points, as it is noted in the current Invest plan . Until the final decision of the court, the situation remains tense and unclear.