Improvement of public transport required: Laakirchen and Roitham rely on support

Improvement of public transport required: Laakirchen and Roitham rely on support

In a current meeting of the Petitions Committee in the state parliament of Upper Austria, the petition of the municipalities of Laakirchen and Roitham was treated. Both communities, led by their mayors, demand improvements in public transport. The aim is to dissolve the existing disadvantage when connecting to public transport. This includes a call to the state government to optimize the accessibility of the municipalities by transport providers.

The mayors, Fritz Feichtinger for Laakirchen and Thomas Avbelj for Roitham, in particular underlined the need to open the rail connection between Lambach and Roitham to passenger transport. In addition, a long -term connection to Gmunden via the TraunseeTram is required.

reaction of the State Council

However, the answer of the responsible state council was sobering. In a letter it was emphasized that the improvement of the railway line for passenger transport due to various factors is not considered sensible. The State Council described the current development of Roitham as "satisfactory" and from Laakirchen as "good", and admitted to the communities only "little potential".

He pointed out that in -depth investigations were necessary and that the projects had to be prioritized. This answer not only caused resentment among the mayors, but also with the two SPÖ members of the Landtag Tobias Höglinger and Mario Haas.

Tobias Höglinger criticized the lack of prospects of the answer and emphasized the importance of offer improvements for a functioning infrastructure in the rural area. He sees the need to better consider even economically strong regions in the Gmunden district.

Mario Haas, regional MP, supported the mayor's concerns and emphasized that the population is dissatisfied with the current connection conditions. He made it clear that the municipalities of Laakirchen and Roitham are economically significant and that well -developed public transport is essential for the region. Haas asked the country to finally become active and take the concerns of the citizens seriously.

The debate about the traffic connection of the communities remains exciting because local politics struggles to implement these demands. The demands of both mayors and the regional members of the state parliament show that they are trying to improve infrastructure so that the municipalities of Laakirchen and Roitham are not left behind in the shadow of the city regional train. More details on this topic can be found in a detailed report at www.salzkammergut-rundblick.at .