Before getting down to the nitty-gritty of the bicycle city, building officer thomas beese spoke at the first meeting of the new mobility senate about basic principles of mobility in bamberg. His status report was meant to be a kind of handover. Because the topic of traffic development is now in the hands of the second mayor jonas glusenkamp (grunes bamberg). At the end of the meeting, there were a number of resolutions to make the city more bike-friendly. At the beginning, glusenkamp had a "good tone of interaction in the senate, which must always be characterized by mutual respect", reminded.

In his report, beese reminded us, among other things, of the goals of the bamberg traffic development plan. This also includes the reduction of the share of car traffic in the city of bamberg from more than 40 percent (2015) to 25 percent by 2030. "So even then, many people will still be able to drive a car." The building officer referred to the limited space in the city. On the fact that there is no basic right to parking spaces in the city. And on the importance of the bicycle for many bambergers. Of course, the city does not only have bicyclists in mind.

Beese’s new citizens’ initiative "bamberg.Together.Mobile" the fact that the children’s movement has little to do with children became abundantly clear. When the image of a corona demonstration appeared in his presentation, he immediately explained that he did not want to equate these movements with each other. And yet he also sees the danger of "obscure fellow travelers" in the mobility discussion. This was opposed by city councilors martin pohner (FDP) and andreas triffo (BBB), who were both among the first signatories of the BI."This is not right. We also want to improve the quality of life in the city, but what we do must be accepted and recognized by all citizens, underlined triffo. Pohner noted a "remarkable autobashing on the part of the administration" firmly. It is good and important that people who are of a different opinion also organize themselves.

Glusenkamp demanded not to create additional ditches, but to work together on a traffic turnaround far from the next elections. "Of course, we have to take all the people with us", emphasized christian hader (grunes bamberg).

He is in favor of equal rights for all means of transport, but he says bamberg is still a long way from achieving this goal. Not every measure is always convenient and opportune, but if in the end the benefits for everyone are greater than the restrictions, people are also prepared to change. "Let’s tackle the turnaround", he demanded. In view of the slight increase in the number of accidents, hader would like to see even more mutual respect among all road users.

"Prosperity also needs mobility, declared franz-wilhelm heller (CSU). All the decisions to be made had to be taken with care and with the agreement of the burgers. "It’s not about fighting the car, but about creating alternatives", emphasized the SPD group chairman klaus stieringer. "We have to deal with the future."

As far as the bicycle city resolutions are concerned, hader felt it was time to give something back to the people who have made bamberg the city with the highest percentage of bicycle traffic in bavaria. Or as the grunen city councilman put it: "where there’s a will, there’s a bike path."

Two traffic trials become permanent solutions

The traffic trials at markusplatz (separate guidance of bicycle traffic on protective lanes) and in friedrichstrabe (two-meter-wide bicycle lane with solid line) are to become permanent according to the will of the mobility senate. In the case of friedrichstrabe, only andreas triffo (BBB) voted against it; he sees "an imbalance between the problem and the benefit" and refers to considerable traffic jam. However, according to bicycle representative dagmar spangenberg, the transport authority has so far only noticed minor delays at this location. The mobilitat senate unanimously approved the widening of the existing protective strip in konigstrabe (section kettenbruckstrabe to letzengasse). For the bicycle lane peuntstrabe stadteinwarts (section trimbergstrabe

Until marienbrucke) with simultaneous relocation of the bus stops (stadteinwarts from the curve into the straight, stadtauswarts two stops are combined into one at marienplatz) the mobilitatssenat has spoken out against the votes of triffo and anna niedermaier (CSU). For the section from egelseestrabe to trimbergstrabe, the administration is to discuss the plans with the citizens’ association, residents and traffic associations – and then report again. "We need to find out a lot more about what works. There are three- to four-story apartment buildings without garages, and the parking spaces can’t be moved so easily", says franz-wilhelm heller (CSU).

According to the administration, the lost license spaces, nine from peuntstrabe and six at marienplatz, can be used in the "old vocational school" license area be compensated. Also a partial area of the finance office parking lot could be used if necessary – but only in the period from 18 to 5.45 o’clock.

According to the senate’s decision, the possibility of additional replacement parking spaces for residents is to be examined once again. The mobilitat senate has also given its blessing to the plans for the bicycle facilities on the regensburger ring (section mubstrabe to schweinfurter strabe). However, a two-meter-wide bicycle lane is not possible here, as otherwise the minimum width for the remaining lane for bus traffic would not be met. The measure cost about 20,000 euros and could be implemented this summer (assuming the budget is approved).

The senate also decided (against the votes of triffo, heller and anna niedermaier) to redesign the kaulbergfub. The handicapped parking lot there and two short-term parking spaces will be moved away. An extended pedestrian zone should create a more comfortable entrance to the pile square. "We have already allowed the cyclists to cross there. Now there is more security", says sebastian niedermaier (SPD).

CSU man heller sees this quite differently. In view of several open-air bar areas, groups gathering there and some cyclists entering very quickly, he predicts: "this will be the most dangerous place in all of bamberg." The initially desired speed limit of 20 bergauarts was removed from the draft resolution – because according to ines schellmann of the bamberg-city police department, such signage would not be possible at this location. Overall, however, the police were able to support the redesign at kaulbergfub.

Instead of speed 20 should now but "attention cyclists"-signs uphill and downhill sensitize motorists. The mobility senate has decided (against triffo’s vote), the trial designation of the bicycle axis luitpoldbrucke – wunderburg as a bicycle road and the administration with the implementation bauftragen. In addition, a concept for opening up the erlichstrabe to cyclists in both directions is to be drawn up. A recommendation has also been made to the finance senate to release the entire budget of 288,200 euros that is currently blocked – if the city council agrees. Without this addition, heller had described the proposal as "eyewash" because: "at the moment the funds can not be released at all."Fo

COMMENT by stefan fobel

Not everyone has to like everything

Not everything can stay the same in bamberg, especially when it comes to traffic policy. Respect is due to those who work to reduce exhaust fumes, improve traffic flow and enhance safety. At least understanding is also due to those who do not feel involved in the traffic turnaround. Not everyone has to like everything that contradicts their personal mobilitatsentwurf. When such positions are bundled in citizens’ initiatives, it makes it easier to address politicians and administrators directly.

In this respect, glusenkamp’s offer to speak to the BI is an expression of sovereignty, which the BI should accept just as confidently. What initiatives can make possible and what they can prevent is known not only to those in the new city council who are familiar with the wheel decision and muna. The fact that the experienced and professionally so knowledgeable top official beese here without necessity for annoyance at the bicycle city critics provides, surprises yet. In bamberg in particular, there is plenty to argue about and even polemicize on the subject of mobility.

You can approach a citizens’ initiative, whose first signatories include restaurateurs, entrepreneurs and six city council members, with arguments, you can try to convince them, or you can ignore them.

But if you don’t take them seriously and indirectly equate them with conspiracy theorists, their position will become even stronger.

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Home appliance specialist dyson abandons ambitious plans to enter electric car business.

"Our automotive team has developed a fantastic electric car over the last few years, however, due to the current situation in the automotive sector, we don’t see the possibility of selling the product in a commercially profitable way," dyson explained on thursday. The car project will therefore be discontinued.

Dyson, best known for its bagless vacuum cleaners, announced in 2017 that it would develop an electric vehicle and invest around 2.5 billion british pounds (2.8 billion euros) in it. As recently as may, company founder james dyson had said the company was on track for a 2021 market launch and had costs under control.

The british company also decided to move its official headquarters to singapore, where the vehicle would be built. This announcement had been met with criticism in great britain, as james dyson had appeared as a brexit supporter. The company’s headquarters are expected to remain in asia even after the end of the car project, the financial times wrote on friday.

Dyson now emphasized in an e-mail to employees that the failure of the autoplane was "neither due to a defect in the product nor to a failure of the development team". Dyson had also tried to find a buyer for the project – "which unfortunately has been unsuccessful so far". However, the company will benefit from the battery technology developed for the car.

"We will also focus on the huge task of developing solid-state batteries and other enabling technologies in a wide range of areas: sensing, optical systems, robotics, machine learning and AI present significant opportunities for us to seize," wrote james dyson. There was no indication of how much the car project ultimately cost dyson. Among other things, the company had converted a disused airfield in great britain for the project.

At the moment, all the major manufacturers are rushing into business with electric cars and want to bring their models to market in the coming years. You’re spending billions – and it’s already been shown many times how expensive car development can be. Electric car pioneer tesla is still finding it difficult to operate profitably. Several electric car companies financed with chinese money slipped into massive financial problems even before their models hit the market.

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What has the meeting room not experienced in the past half century?. At least 2,500 meetings of the city council and its committees have been held, as mayor german hacker (SPD) projected on wednesday evening for the very last deliberations in the old location. In addition, there were countless meetings and information sessions. Not to forget the honorary evenings for deserving citizens and long-serving local politicians.

Most of the time, the proceedings were serious and orderly, but many decisions had to be made that were of great significance. And then it sometimes happened that the hall threatened to burst at the seams when the citizens’ interest was particularly aroused.

Its own charm

Despite all the seriousness and the necessary rigor, the meetings were held with a charm of their own and often with a good dose of humor. Of course – how else could you get through a five-hour budget debate?? These mammoth sessions were often held in earlier times. When wolfgang falck was head of the CSU parliamentary group, for example. He sometimes took up to two hours for a budget speech.

There have been many city councillors with rough edges in the last fifty years, and quite a few of them stood out because of their own sense of humor. Dr. Werner distler (SPD) usually analyzed the situation accurately and with polished words, while his colleagues gotthard lohmaier and konrad eitel tended to be more revolting. One man you had to like was georg erhardt from the CSU, whose speeches often made you smile.

Since april 1967

Sometimes the local politicians didn’t have a grip on the hallowed hall, then the fools were called upon. For at the start of carnival, the KCH regularly storms the town hall. Joyful and colorful reception for guests from all over the world.

Four mayors have "reigned" in the meeting room, which was occupied together with the new town hall in april 1967: hans maier (SPD), then the CSU politicians hans ort (from 1970) and hans lang (from 1990) and since 2008 the social democrat german hacker. In four or five years, depending on when the new city hall can be occupied, he would like to return to the old location as head of the city, but in a new, modern hall. In between, of course, lie the municipal elections in 2020.

Happy farewell

On wednesday, the members of the main and finance committee briefly raised their glasses to bid farewell to the hall. There was exceptionally also a sip of champagne allowed. Hacker recalled that in former times smoking was even allowed. Beer was not allowed.

And then the council plunged into the budget – for the last time in the old place, and behind closed doors, as preliminary budget discussions are wont to be.

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Bernhard panzer it has been several days since a family of three was deported from chechnya: father, mother and 22-year-old son were sent back to kazakhstan. Uschi schmidt, a refugee counselor from herzogenaurach, is in contact with the family. "Our worst fears have come true", she states resignedly. And he is referring in particular to the young man who is on the wanted list.

She is worried about all three of them, especially her father hassan, who is severely diabetic and has hardly any medication left. But also for the sake of their son shamil, who is threatened with imprisonment or a labor camp there. He has already been deprived of all his money and valuables at the airports in moscow and almaty, as he stated in a voice message.

Money is urgently needed, so the aid group is collecting donations via donation boxes in herzogenaurach businesses and is also asking for specific transfers to the donation account. Only money can help the family, says schmidt. Because valuables were probably intercepted, they feared. It doesn’t even help to send batteries for hasan’s hearing aid. "They will be gone", says the woman from herzogenaurach. "This is a corrupt country. There, everyone makes money out of everything they can get."

Hassan was not able to take enough medication with him when he was deported. The medicine is running out now, but the couple has no money to buy new ones. And they have not found a doctor yet either. "In kazakhstan, you have to pay for every medical service", says schmidt. But the man needs the medication urgently "he has high sugar".

And then the 57-year-old from herzogenaurach becomes clear. There simply should not be deportation of sick people, especially if they are integrated and have or could have a job. Both are true of the couple. Luiza was well known and loved in herzogenaurach and helped many people, says schmidt.

And certainly no one should be deported to a country where they are threatened. She is referring to shamil, who did not perform military service and is therefore on the list of criminals. "They put him in prison or labor camps", she says. As soon as he signed on, he was arrested. The authorities had already told him this when he applied for marriage documents, schmidt reports. To get around this, he had to pay around 16000 euros.

The teacher from herzogenaurach does not understand the behavior of the authorities in bavaria. "In other federal states, there is no such thing as deporting someone who is threatened in their country of origin.", claims it.

With money one could at least help a little. "This is sent by western-union, you don’t have to be registered." She appeals to the donors to write names or a keyword to it, like for example kazakhstan. "There we do ourselves with the assignment more easily."

Shortly before the birth

This is also true for the cuban dayami, also here the helpers ask for donations (keyword cuba). The 34 year old was deported to her home country while very pregnant. Now, shortly before the birth, she is bedridden. She also had hardly any packing with her, all her baby things are stored with a friend in nurnberg.

"We want to make the transition easier for the people", says uschi schmidt. "Until they can stand on their own feet." Because the helpers are not of the opinion that their care should end with the deportation. They still want to struggle afterwards, until they know that the people are doing well.

Dreams are shattered

Whereas dayami was about to get married in germany and still hopes to come back to germany. But that will be difficult, because you need a lot of papers to get married.

And how is luiza? Your dreams have been shattered. She can’t understand why she wasn’t allowed to stay in germany. "Luiza first did some basic cleaning. Hygiene is very important to her", tells schmidt. And: "she thinks if she cleans up, she’ll get something right." With the current outlook "luiza probably cleans the whole day", states uschi schmidt sadly and resignedly.

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With the help of the campaign, the building department not only intends to create a positive sense of community in the city society with regard to the successes achieved. To increase the use of bicycles in everyday and leisure traffic, and at the same time to demand mutual understanding between road users are additional objectives. One key: the development of a separate brand "bicycle city of bamberg".

The new word-picture brand "bicycling city of bamberg – consisting of a logo and a slogan – should represent as an essential element a broad image campaign and public relations work and provide for a visible and comprehensible presentation inwardly and outwardly – with a high recognition value as well as modern and clearly structured. In addition, according to the announcement, as many target groups as possible – citizens, young and old, trade and commerce – are to be addressed.

Regarding the expectations of the city of bamberg: the logo should be simple and understandable, unique and original, and make a clear and unambiguous statement. In connection with the logo proposal or independently of it, slogans, d.H. One or more statements, core messages or advertising slogans such as z. B. "I ride a bike because …" Be submitted. And last but not least, the organizers ask for a favorite photo on the topic of "cycling in everyday life, work, leisure, sports, etc."." To be submitted. The pictures are intended to visualize the campaign – z. B. In the context of public relations, internet presence, poster design – can be used.

Deadline is 20. May 2019. After that, the competition entries are viewed by a jury and a preselection of ten logo designs is made. These contributions are then to be evaluated in the context of a public voting in cooperation with the press and online presentation. Each selected idea provider will receive 100 euros as "start-up money". This was followed by a prize money for the 1., 2. And 3. Place of additional 1500, 1000 and 500 euros to. Attractive non-cash prizes are available for the slogan suggestions and the photo competition.

The ideas competition is to be completed by the end of june. The so "won" logo will then be incorporated as a graphic design element in the image campaign, which will be presented to the public at the start of the campaign in early august.

Key elements of the communication strategy for "bicycling city bamberg are posters in the public space, advertising media and strewing articles such as postcards, T-shirts or saddle protectors, mabnahmen in the context of the public work, flyer and brochures, prasenz in internet and social media, video and radio spots as well as actions and events.

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Christoph boger

the relationship between the two french national handball league teams HC erlangen (1. League) and HSC 2000 coburg (2. League) seemed to normalize in recent months. Recently, the former arch-rivals also contested a friendly comparison in the HUK-arena (22:29). Players, officials and even members of the supposedly hostile fan clubs exchanged many a compliment with each other.
But that was to be the end of it as of today, because lawyer dr. In a report published in the suddeutsche zeitung (SZ) on wednesday evening, carsten bissel pulls out all the stops and criticizes the HSC 2000 coburg in the harshest possible way.

"Truthful" declarations

Jan gorr in particular is in the crossfire of his criticism. In an interview with the SZ, the chairman of the erlanger supervisory board speaks of an "unbelievable failure," among other things in coburg. In connection with the economic conditions in erlangen and coburg, the following is quoted: "i find it remarkable that the unsuccessful trainer gorr is once again untruthfully declaring that we are miles ahead of him economically. But he knows exactly that last year we had the same personnel budget as coburg. It’s not our fault that he’s simply not in a position to do more than he has to do. The sporting result has nothing to do with money, but only with the question of whether I am putting together a real team capable of development with foresight and patience, or whether I am buying a bunch of players for a lot of money." Bissel also criticizes the HSC coburg for not being willing to talk turkey: "when this budget envy discussion from gorr came up, i offered to have an independent auditor look at our annual financial statements and explain the differences. There came naturally no answer from coburg. Why probably?".
Bissel admits that he is "sometimes annoyed by this envy-driven discussion from coburg", even if he understands it naturally as a rough acknowledgment. Bissel’s "all-around" statement is completely unexpected for many at this point in time in the direction of HSC coburg there was an article in the SZ of 11. January of this year. Among other things, it was about circle runner jan schaffer, who changed in the winter from the french rival DJK wolfe rimpar to erlangen, and about nico budel, who had already decided last summer for a change from the HSC to erlangen.
Coburg’s trainer and sporting director jan gorr was asked about the economic conditions in this context and simply stated: "erlangen is marching away at the front. Especially economically, they are a giant leap ahead of us." This statement apparently angered the influential erlanger functionary to such an extent that he opened up old wounds and came to the following conclusion in the SZ: "i think mr. Gorr is trying to justify his inconceivable failure, among many other excuses, by explaining that he is so economically disadvantaged that he can’t achieve more with the budget than is the case at all."
The complete interview with the HCE supervisory board boss can be read on the suddeutsche zeitung online portal.

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The retro country house style jacket could also have been worn by paul podolay. Because the direct candidate of the afd, a 71-year-old spataussiedler from pressburg, lives in munich. According to his habit and diction, however, he is very much in the line of an old austrian distinguished gentleman.
With him, it’s hard to imagine that in less than a minute and a half, he uses fakal language seven times, like the stockbroker dirk muller (mister dax), who was featured in a trailer at the election campaign event on the lauberberg mountain. Podolay is reserved, his appearance lasted only a few minutes. In a low voice, he presented the summary of a projection by gunnar heinsohn, which was projected on the screen at the same time. Gunnar heinsohn predicts 40 million migrants and their descendants in germany in 40 years – well rounded up several times.
Afterwards, podolay passed the booklet on to christian bessler, the man who wore the vintage clothing stucco. It suits him, because he is a self-confessed franz josef straub fan who complains that edmund stoiber (75) and gunther beckstein (73) do not get involved in the current political debate.
Bessler, the chairman of the afd local association aischgrund/hochstadt, was JU chairman in his hometown more than 20 years ago. By his own admission, he kept his distance from political activities for two decades before joining the afd and founding the local association in may. As straub, who in turn quoted martin luther at the time, bessler now wants to look the people in the mouth.
For him, the first obstacle is the GEZ television fee. And the abolition of the 500-euro bill. He must have been happy to put it in his savings sock, because he is convinced that this instrument of money storage will happily celebrate its revival, since the "no longer existing banking secrecy" will make it possible to save money in the future many people have to cope. Bessler sees it as a restriction of freedom. "Fight for not to make us transparent", asked the 40 or so people in the audience, most of whom were of an age that made it difficult for them to implement the election slogan "new german economy"? Let’s do it ourselves".
Money, or more precisely the euro rescue package, was the motivation for siegfried ermer to join the afd in 2013. Today, he is their district chairman and thus also responsible for what he considers to be the "red-grun soaked" erlangen. In this function, he took a rough part of the event on the lauberberg, up to the reference to the house right and pseudo praise for the press. He especially emphasized that the listeners should be present at the public voting after the end of the election.
In the last state election, there were inconsistencies, he said, which is why people should use ballpoint pens instead of the pencils on display for their crosses. And: that election workers can also be citizens of whom one does not know "what makes one or the other tick".
This probably refers to people from the "mainstream" that he often and frequently refers to, which restricts freedom of opinion if it does not conform to it.

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Around 80 to 100 people visit the mother center kanguruh every day. Women with their children, but also seniors and many migrants like to come to the family meeting place at heinrich-weber-platz – to make contacts or to attend one of the popular language and computer courses.

In order to keep the store running, violetta densch, first chairwoman of the association, is used to saving money. But 2021 will be a very special year for her. Because "although the money is already not enough at the back and front", the city plans to significantly shorten the funds for voluntary services in 2021. 15 percent against the year 2019 is the benchmark set by chamberer bertram felix.

In a crisis year like any other, this sounds like an affordable contribution in the face of extremely tight municipalities, but it hits bamberg’s social structure at a vulnerable point. The muttertreff, which still received 15,000 euros from the city in 2019 and essentially lives off three donors and donations, is just one example of many. The corona year threatens to bring financial difficulties to 100 institutions, because the municipality is backing down on its claim. It is therefore the full spectrum of social, cultural, but also sporting life that is at stake, which is reflected in the papers that the chamber has compiled under "four globalbetragen" has compiled. The savings list includes well-known institutions such as the chapeau claque children’s theater, the giovanni pedagogical circus, the cultural board and the altenburgverein. But a whole series of lesser-known associations and groups must also reckon with bitter losses.

In fact, 2021 was allowed to become a stress test for social life in bamberg. Never before has the city, which continues to pump 19 million euros into the lagarde campus or refurbishes the 33 houses of the officers’ housing estate at a cost of no less than 15 million euros, been faced with a 40-million-euro hole in the administrative budget with which cities and municipalities cover their current expenditures. Chamberlain bertram felix had to take unusual measures to keep the ship from listing. The city’s employees themselves contribute four million euros to the savings volume by reducing their material costs by 25 percent, from printing paper to public relations work.

Theaters, the adult education center, the music school, the tourism and convention service and the city library are also to accept a 2.5 percent cut in their budgets. This includes not only a higher profit deduction from the municipal utility and the increase in property tax B, which affects all owners, but also tenants. For the first time in recent memory, the state of freestate allows its municipalities to take on debt for running costs. Bamberg digs deep into its 15 million euro budget – and still it’s not enough. So the wave of savings finally reaches those groups that are particularly dependent on the public purse because they do things that are not commercially viable.

City councilors will decide in the finance senate the first week of december whether there will indeed be a 15 percent cut in volunteer cultural, athletic, social services and youth lines. In total, this will mean a saving of around 150000 euros.

What do the spokespersons of the three major groups think?? "It could have been worse. It’s a hard pill to swallow", says wolfgang grader, the financial policy spokesman for grunes bamberg. He also agrees with the new division of the four global areas, as such a grouping promises more stability in the long run. If the city council does not approve the package in december, this will also have advantages: "we can wait and see how the situation develops and whether the government approves the city’s budget."

Peter neller, chairman of the CSU parliamentary group, is also hoping for findings in the spring that will allow more informed decisions to be made, since many events have been canceled. Neller also sees it as unavoidable that the diversity of bamberg’s social and cultural institutions will have to accept a 15 percent cut in funding. "With a heavy heart we will have to agree." Like grader, neller also emphasizes that bamberg still gets off comparatively lightly in such a year. "The fact that we now have to take on 15 million euros in new debt makes me think. Where would we be if we hadn’t saved like this for the last ten years?."

Heinz kuntke is the SPD’s budget policy spokesman. Social democrats had also hoped for more in 2021. For example, the entry into the new construction of the buger bridge. On the other hand, kuntke appeals to the public’s sense of reality: "we have a completely different situation this year than we did a year ago. Under these circumstances, with this huge slump, we must be glad that it has been possible at all to draw up a budget that maintains the city’s efficiency and maintains the social balance." Kuntke also defends the cuts: "it doesn’t make us any difference to short, but with a reduction of 15 percent, 85 percent still remain. "

Kuntke foresees difficulties for the city in 2022 and 2023 if tax revenues do not pick up again. Because that’s when the demand programs expire – and the mountains of debt rise.

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Bernd reisenweber (BG) has rummaged through the municipal archives and found a plan. "The bypass was already a topic in the 80s", says the ebersdorf mayor about a project that also occupied the district council on thursday. The relocation of the CO 11 county road out of the ebersdorf part of the community. There will now at least be a preliminary study for a possible route – that much was decided by the district council.

Background is a completely different project. An investor has inquired in ebersdorf whether he can build a 34-hectare free-standing photovoltaic plant on the high plateau near kleingarnstadt. It doesn’t make much sense to build a photovoltaic plant, if in a few years the excavators for the relocation of the CO 11 out of the village will start rolling. That’s why reisenweber has turned to the county – with the request that the bypass, which is firmly anchored in the county’s investment program, be defined a little more precisely in spatial terms. This can now happen. 40000 euro are available for a preliminary study.

There are a lot of cars driving up there

The current route of the circular road was built in the 1980s. At that time, no one was thinking of opening the border to thuringia, and the traffic flow in kleingarnstadt remained correspondingly narrow. But then came the opening of the border and with it a lot of traffic: 4076 vehicles (including 377 trucks) per day were paid in 2015. Today it could be much more. And as long as the truck toll makes the CO 11 a favorable route from south thuringia via neustadt and ebersdorf to the A 73, this will not change, suspects the ebersdorf mayor. "The call for a bypass is justified", therefore says bernd reisenweber. However, he did not conceal the fact that for many years, some of the landowners around kleingarnstadt had not even considered a bypass. What’s more, there were signals that the county would not get a square meter of land for a new road. Today, however, in view of the traffic load, that could be different, reisenweber suspects: "i could imagine that the county could have it easier by now than a few years ago." It was necessary, says reisenweber, because in some households close to the road "the nerves are on edge". So the photovoltaic tarpaulins could become valerian drops and force the construction of the bypass.

Reisenweber sees it as a unity

Once the idea of the kleingarnstadt bypass had been reactivated, neustadt’s mayor frank rebhan (SPD) urged the district council on thursday to "see the entire CO 11 in one context". Will heiben: also the extension of the slope at the "stiefvater" (stepfather) between neustadt and the blumenroder crossing not to be forgotten.

Here you can read the current state of affairs regarding the "stepfather"

"We need an overall concept", rebhan demanded and was thus able to open doors for bernd reisenweber – who was prevented from attending yesterday’s meeting of the district council on official business. The mayor of ebersdorf is also convinced that both projects must be treated with the same priority: "we have to see this as a single unit," says the mayor of ebersdorf. And in any case with higher priority than the construction of a photovoltaic plant, emphasized rainer mattern as chairman of the CSU-landvolk-fraction in the county council. "The primary goal must be to relieve the burden on the citizens of kleingarnstadt", demanded mattern and therefore set in his personal priority the bypass also before the stepfather rise. It could only be answered when the "kleingarnstadt question" was answered it has been clarified.

At the end of the day, the question of the timetable remains unanswered, at least during the public meeting of the district council. A little something in the flow seems to be. District administrator sebastian straubel (CSU/landvolk) indicated that there had been discussions at which the civil engineering department of the district office was also at the table: "we are working on the matter." However, it is also a fact that beyond the preliminary study, money for further planning is not planned in the investment program of the district until the year 2023. So bernd reisenweber’s forecast could well be realistic: "i don’t think i’ll still be working until the building is finished." Reisenweber’s current term ends in 2026.

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That’s what a spokesman for the austrian investigative agency told the dpa news agency on saturday. He was responding to an article in the "suddeutsche zeitung" (saturday). Investigators in austria and germany suspect the money was used to bribe austrian decision-makers. "We assume it was around 100 to 110 million, but the exact amount is still open," said department spokesman thomas vecsey. The newspaper had reported, with reference to the public prosecutors’ offices in munich and vienna, that at least 70 million euros had been involved. A spokesman for the bavarian authorities could not initially be reached on saturday.

According to the SZ, the 13 accused include not only EADS middle managers, lobbyists and intermediaries, but also a former top manager of the aerospace company. The company could not be reached for comment on saturday afternoon. According to the report, EADS boss thomas enders has promised to support the investigating authorities. In a letter to executives, enders had recently warned of illegal means in the fight for contracts. "There is no place for fraudulent or unethical behavior at EADS," the letter read, according to media reports. There is "zero tolerance" for violations of the law.

The proceedings, which have recently come to light, concern possible irregularities in the sale of eurofighter combat aircraft to austria. The deal was worth 1.7 billion euros. In austria, it has long been suspected that bribes were involved in the purchase, which was the subject of heated debate at the time. The controversial black-blue coalition under conservative chancellor wolfgang schussel was responsible for the deal around ten years ago.

On tuesday there had been searches in germany, austria and switzerland because of it. Numerous files were seized in the process. The evaluation is expected to take months.

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