High-rise construction at the parcel post hall in Munich: Citizens’ petition is picking up speed
The citizens’ initiative for the planned skyscrapers at the Paketposthalle is picking up speed: the initiators presented their new campaign bus on Friday. Furthermore, the number of collectors is to be doubled. And there are prominent supporters against high-rise construction.
Munich – For example Mama Bayern. In a two-minute video message, Luise Kinseher railed against the two planned high-rise buildings at the Paketposthalle. You ask yourself, where is common sense? “The investor can do what he wants. The towers should be as high as those of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt.” The whole of Munich’s cityscape would be ruined. And with skyscrapers it’s like mushrooms. “Where there is one, the others will soon follow.” With her video message, Kinseher joins the ranks of critics of the project by investor Ralf Büschl.
Parcel post hall Munich: Citizens’ petition has collected around 13,000 signatures
According to their own statements, the opponents of the plans, the citizens’ initiative Hochhaus-Stopp, had collected around 13,000 signatures by Friday. That’s far from enough, for a referendum you need around 35,000 supporters. And that’s why the initiators around the member of parliament Robert Brannekamper (CSU) are now stepping on the gas. In addition to Kinseher, videos by actress Michaela May and documentary filmmaker Dieter Wieland have also been available on the website since Friday. Brannekamper promises that more celebrities will follow. In addition, the high-rise opponents are now taking a campaign bus through the city tours in order to be more flexible. Furthermore, the number of signature collectors is to be doubled. Up to 80 activists are currently on the move in places like Rotkreuzplatz.
The aim of the referendum is a referendum. The people of Munich should decide for themselves whether two towers with a height of 155 meters should be built on the area of the parcel post hall. That would only be fair, says Brannekamper. On the one hand, the people of Munich had already decided in 2004 that a building in Munich may not be higher than the towers of the Frauenkirche. On the other hand, urban planning is a matter for the city, not for an investor.
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Brannekamper and his co-initiator, the former SPD city councilor Wolfgang Czisch, chalk this up to city planning officer Elisabeth Merk (independent). “The planning slipped away from her,” says Czisch. Brannekamper said researcher: “She is ready for retirement.” When planning the high-rise buildings, no green spaces were provided, says Czisch. And the number of apartments would not even cover the influx to be expected due to the planned jobs. “The city is getting into an imbalance.” Brannekämper is certain that the plans will not be changed if there is no referendum. “This is to be eaten.”
In the Munich city council, there is now a majority of Greens and CSU for a council request. That would also result in a referendum. However, politics has not made much progress, there is no new status on this, was heard from the town hall on Friday. It is not clear which question the people of Munich should vote on. The citizens’ initiative Hochhaus-Stopp will limit the maximum construction height to 60 meters only in the area of the parcel post hall. The ÖDP and the Munich List recently went public with the idea of limiting buildings throughout the city to a height of 60 meters. Lawyers assume, however, that a question about the maximum building height in the entire city, as in 2004, would be legally contestable today.