Week 41: Saving energy, Olympics in Innsbruck? and a thermal opening
Welcome to the district papers weekly review. Here you can find the top topics from the past week in Tyrol.
State and municipalities save energy
Winter is getting closer and with it the unavoidable high heating costs. Meanwhile, the state and the municipalities are preparing with energy-saving measures. The city of Innsbruck is now switching to energy-saving mode. For example, public lighting is only on for shorter times and there is a fleeting switch to LED lights. In other congregations there is a discussion about it Water temperature in the public baths. However, reducing it by 1-2 degrees in the children’s pool is considered a no-go by the majority of the population. The Mayor of Innsbruck, Willi, says that IKB is well prepared for all eventualities.
The country also asserts that it is well prepared for the winter. die Tiwag gas storage tanks are about 80 percent fullnevertheless, you want to be prepared for all eventualities in winter.
Olympics in Innsbruck?
While some of us are worried about the upcoming electricity and heating costs, politicians are turning to an older topic: Innsbruck as part of the venue for the Olympic Games. The Tyroleans Neos and die South Tyrolean party team Köllensperger (Team K) presented their plans in a joint press conference. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) would not have fixed a bobsleigh track in Cortina as a prerequisite for hosting the Olympic Winter Games. The new construction of a railway in Cortina would be a gigantic financial project. Here would die Track in Igls for the bobsleigh, toboggan and skeleton competitions to offer.
At least that’s the argument of the Neos. The NEOS representatives do not see the clear no of the Innsbruck population in October 2017 to the Winter Olympics as an obstacle. The Neos get encouragement from Innsbruck Mayor Georg Willi and LHStv Geisler.
Resistance is governed by GR Mesut Onay and the Innsbruck citizens’ initiative. The municipal council reminds of the three times cancellation of the Innsbruck population for the Olympics. In 1993, 1997 and most recently in 2017, the games were not wanted in the state capital. The other side senses “Winter Olympics through the back door”. The main counter-argument is that the taxpayer would ultimately foot the bill.
Tour de Tyrol
It was also sporty last weekend Soll am Wilden Kaiser to. The 16th edition of the Tour de Tirol takes place. On Friday there was 10 kilometers, Saturday 42km with the strenuous mountain marathon and on Sunday another good 23km to be mastered. The men could Thomas Roech (GB) prevail with three stage wins, won in the women Anja Koebs (GER) Söller Tener and Kaisermarathon.
At the largest children’s run in Tyrol, with more than 400 participants, there were only winners. Race director and organizer Martin Kaindl was also very satisfied with the course of the event. The weather, like everything else, worked perfectly.
Opening of thermal baths in Ischgl
After such a sporting event you could relax in a beautiful Tyrolean thermal bath. To Fortunately, the opening of the Silvretta Therme in Ischgl will not be long. After a three-year construction period, the thermal baths will open their doors in the coming winter season. Trial operation is scheduled to start in November.
If you now think of the high energy costs, it should be said that the building is so sustainable and energy-saving planned and built as possible. It has been designed to provide maximum insulation and comprehensive installation of heat recovery systems respected. With a view to the tense international situation surrounding the energy issue, the operators are proactively examining further savings potentials in order – if necessary – to be able to ensure solidarity action in step with other industrial and economic sectors.
Fatal accident on the A12
A 44-year-old truck driver was on Thursday, October 13 at around 8:00 a.m. with a combination of articulated lorries A 12 in the direction of Kufstein On road. After there was a truck traffic jam in the right lane in front of him at Langkampfen, he was the last of the column to stop the truck at the end of the traffic jam. The man also switched on the hazard warning lights.
At the same time, a 41-year-old man was driving a car in the same direction. The driver of the car, who was alone in the vehicle, may have overlooked the traffic jam and drove into the rear of the semi-trailer without braking. The driver suffered fatal reactions.
leisure tips
Until the thermal baths open, we will finance you with other great leisure tips!
For example, next Saturday you can in Kufstein in Noe’s Ark to the theater. die Theater Comedy “The Miracle Exercise” is being played.
At the same time, the iInternational Festival for Music Films Sound & Vision in St. Johann in Tirol. A total of nine films can be seen over four days.
During the week it gets literary for children. There is one in Schwaz Children’s reading on Billy Backe 3once in the afternoon and once in the evening.
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