District Council Ortenau demands quick solutions for the Rhine Valley Railway and clinics!

District Council Ortenau demands quick solutions for the Rhine Valley Railway and clinics!

Ortenau, Deutschland - Ortenau - In a dramatic meeting, the district council of the Ortenaukreis unanimously adopted two resolutions on Thursday, which affect the future of the Rhine Valley Railway and the hospital supply. These decisions are not only groundbreaking, but also of enormous importance for the region. The resolutions call for a shortening of the construction period for the Rhine Valley Railway and are committed to the planned hospital provision of improvement law, which could have a massive impact on the Ortenau Clinic.

Rheintalbahn: shorten construction time!

The Ortenaukreis is vehemently committed to the expansion of the Rhine Valley Railway to increase capacity for passenger and freight traffic. The plans stipulate that the existing route between Hohberg and Kenzingen will be completely blocked from 2036 to 2041. This could have catastrophic consequences for commuters between Friesenheim and Kenzingen, since the establishment of a rail replacement traffic can hardly compensate for the impairments. The district council therefore calls for drastically shortening the construction time and increasing the construction activities to a maximum in order to avoid the six -year full closure. In addition, two interim stations are to be set up at the parallel motorway parallels to maintain local transport.

hospital care: alarm level red!

The planned hospital provision of improvement law causes excitement in the Ortenaukreis. The financial situation of the hospitals is dramatic and the Ortenau Clinic must accept a shortfall of around 40 million euros for 2023. The district council criticizes that the law does not offer solutions to the acute financial problems of the clinics. The underfunding of recent years has led to a deficit of 900 million euros in Baden-Württemberg. The state government calls on the resolution to vote against the law in the Federal Council and to achieve a complete compensation of the deficit base. In addition, the above -average wage level in the calculation of the hospital payments is to be taken into account in order to relieve the clinics.