Renovation of the Rhine promenade: the city of Cologne takes special measures because of the bird droppings problem
Everyone in Cologne knows them: the green ring-necked parakeet. The birds have also settled on the Rhine promenade and are becoming a problem.
Cologne – In the coming weeks, walkers and cyclists in Cologne will have to prepare for major renovations along the Rhine. The Rhine promenade will be beautified. In addition, the paving needs to be repaired in some places. The reason? Stubborn bird droppings.
Overall, the promenade from the Deutzer Bridge to the Malakoff Tower at the Chocolate Museum will be renewed. This redesign is currently going according to plan, as the city of Cologne announced in an update.
Another construction phase has started since Wednesday night and will last a full eleven months. The section between the Maritim Hotel/Heumarkt and Filzengraben will be closed and renewed for this purpose.
In this phase, pedestrians are diverted onto the cycle path. Cyclists coming from the direction of Altstadt or Südstadt will in future ride in the right-hand lane of Rheinuferstrasse.
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“For this purpose, this lane is secured against the rest of the flowing traffic with a transportable protective device,” explains the city.
The aim of the conversion is to make the popular Rhine promenade more attractive. In addition, accessibility is to be optimized and improvements made for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
What the project managers noticed, however, was that there were numerous ring-necked parakeets in the first construction phase near the Deutzer Bridge. The exotic birds feel at home in the trees and do one or the other business on the ground.
However, this causes large amounts of contamination, which is currently difficult to remove from the ground.
“To improve the situation, a bonded paving joint was installed during the course of the ongoing work. This stronger composite material allows the floor areas to be cleaned better and more sustainably,” the city said.
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In the future, the bird droppings can also be better prepared. What the cleaning concept should look like is currently being discussed.