Power plant dispute in Haiming: Mayor decides on an objection!

Power plant dispute in Haiming: Mayor decides on an objection!

In the Tyrolean Oberland, a controversial power plant project will reality: From September 2025, the new Imst-Haiming discharge plant is to be built. The completion is planned for 2030. According to orf tirol , the main building will comprise a 14 -kilometer drive water path with a water lock and underwater tunnels. A cavern and an underwater pool are also being built. A total of around 680 million euros should flow into the project, which is intended to enable annual electricity production of 252 million kilowatt hours.

But not everyone is enthusiastic about these plans: there were massive resistance to the positive environmental impact assessment notice (RRP) of the project. Among other things, the WWF and the fishing association had expressed concerns. The Haimingen municipal council is in turmoil, since Mayor Michaela Ofner apparently lodged an objection to the UVP notice without the consent of the council, as krone.at This happened to the last minute, which overgone the newly founded committee group around chairman Hubert Leitner. The new committee, which was supposed to act as a negotiation team, was recently resolved in one session.

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