City in need: Tostedt's building ruins spoil the townscape!

City in need: Tostedt's building ruins spoil the townscape!

Heidenauer Straße 13, 21255 Tostedt, Deutschland - in Tostedt, the community has noticed two unfinished construction projects on Heidenauer Straße for years, which have now been in the landscape as unsightly “building ruins”. Originally, 52 modern condominiums were to be built here - a promising project that was already promoted in 2018 in an information event. But instead of the hoped -for completion in 2019, there has been a standstill for over five years. On the property 13 and 15, only weathered concrete blocks with green span protrude, which increasingly puts the residents into anger. According to the Kreiszeitung Wochenblatt are therefore both at a loss.

legal hurdles and unresolved questions

Why is nothing going to go? This question remains unanswered. A local building contractor suspects that it would be due to the lack of reinforcement steel, which endangers the safety of the buildings. Incident may also complicate rumors about thefts by construction workers. Despite multiple attempts at contact to clarify the situation, it remains unclear why the construction site was not sufficiently secured in the meantime, which, according to the district, led to a building inspectorate. Heidenau , whose history goes back to the 7th century from the farming village to the city with industrial companies to fight in the 19th and 20th centuries. The urban development and the associated economic pressure offer valuable approaches to solving such construction problems, which still require creative implementation.

The decay of these building ruins, which are regularly addressed in the community in political discussions, throws shadows on the entire region. The idea of a possible legal approach of the municipality for disfigured according to the Lower Saxony building regulations is expressed, but this seems to have little prospect of success in view of the lack of urgency. The residents and municipal representatives agree: Slowly it is time for a solution before the ruins themselves become another source of danger for the region.