Stop for MCI new construction: Tyrol relies on inexpensive renovation!

Stop for MCI new construction: Tyrol relies on inexpensive renovation!

Innsbruck, Österreich - The plans for the new construction of the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) have finally failed. Governor Anton Mattle has pressed the construction stop button and emphasizes that the desired cost-intensive construction is not followed up due to legal concerns and a tense financial Situation in the country. Instead of the new building, a cost -effective renovation of the existing locations is now being prioritized in order to secure the intended 3,300 study places. According to the Kleine Zeitung , it is planned to implement the renovation of the central location MCI 1 quickly by the knowledge of an external Analysis of the Tyrolean University Location.

end of a long debate

MCI new building is a controversial topic that has repeatedly been employed by state politics since 2008. The cost of the project had now increased from 250 million euros to around 300 million euros, which led to an intensive discussion about the need for a new building. Ultimately, legal concerns and financial considerations made the governor and his government come to this decision. So Mattle decided that a faster and cheaper renovation of the existing MCI is the better alternative, such as MeinDeit reported.

Critics of the previous planning express themselves indignantly about the developments. According to La Riedlsperger, the situation is described as a "embarrassment", since taxpayers have been placed in the planning for years, without a realizable result. With the decision to renovate and compact, a final line should now be drawn under the years of debate, while at the same time the importance of the MCI is emphasized as a "lighthouse in the university landscape in Austria".