Financial challenges: Gmunden is planning the budget 2025!

Financial challenges: Gmunden is planning the budget 2025!

In the midst of financial challenges that affect many municipalities in Austria, Velden pursues a comprehensive investment strategy, while Gmunden sets up a new budget. Despite the strict framework conditions, Velden is planning significant expenses, including 1.39 million euros for the renovation of the water supply and 100,000 euros for urban development. Mayor estimates the importance of these projects for the future of the municipality, since they should create an infrastructural basis for the next ten years. As reported by Klick-kaernten.at , daily parking fees should also be introduced from 2025, while e-cars can continue to be able to park free of charge.

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Gmunden is faced with the challenge of creating a balanced budget, while at the same time the expenses for garbage, water and channel have to increase by 5 % in order to stabilize the financial situation. According to salzi.at the budget 2025, with a total volume of 58 million euros, was adopted; However, this under difficult conditions due to reduced income and increasing fixed costs. Essential investments of around 9 million euros for childcare, culture, infrastructure as well as sports and leisure activities show that Gmunden wants to continue investing in the future despite financial bottlenecks.

investments despite financial hurdles

In Velden, initiatives such as the housing offensive on the railway path are in focus, which is supposed to create 100 affordable apartments. Gmunden, on the other hand, plans to advance important projects such as the renovation of the city theater and the renovation of the retirement home in order to increase the quality of life in the city. Mayor Stefan Krapf from Gmunden emphasizes that despite the saving measures, the core tasks such as childcare must remain secured. The tension between savings and the necessary investments becomes a central challenge for both communities while they strive to improve their financial framework in the long term.

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