Eching-West: Construction costs explode-city is looking for drastic savings!

Eching-West: Construction costs explode-city is looking for drastic savings!

In the Eching-West construction area, there is an alarm mood: The costs for the green planning planning have reached a shocking increase of 600,000 euros, which caused the building committee excitement. The owners of the land are dissatisfied with the increased loads and demand immediate savings. These additional financial burdens, which are passed on to the owners, were the subject of violent discussions in the last meetings of the committee. As Merkur alone could be saved by around 343,000 euros, and In the best case, even up to 450,000 euros if the areas are laid out with asphalt.

debates about savings

The proposals filled the agenda of the building committee: savings in the children's playground or the waiver of a Calisthenics facility would free additional means. However, Mayor Sebastian Thaler urged that the basic features of the planning should not be completely abandoned. He described the challenges as an opportunity to think creatively and find agreement. The discussions about the condition of the plans were also initiated by various applications from committee members, such as voting on the use of asphalt instead of concrete, which led to a stalemate, since the suggestions were ultimately rejected with scarce voices, as well as from echinger Zeitung reported.

The development planning of the Eching-West building area is now being discussed for the third time, which results in a considerable additional effort and will cost over 1.8 million euros. While some measures, such as the maintenance of paving in traffic -calmed zones, have been enforced against the will of the owners, the debate on further savings and the effective planning of the area remains up to date. The discussions are far from over.