Citizens defend themselves: Alstom's railway workshop ensures massive protests!

Citizens defend themselves: Alstom's railway workshop ensures massive protests!

Burglesum, Deutschland - In Bremen, the discussion about the planned railway workshop of Alstom on the Reitbrake street remains heated. Local residents and numerous companies have teamed up and complained of the planning approval decision, which is intended to enable the workshop to set up. In such a neighborhood, which is loaded with a large residential complex, the well -being oak, and directly neighboring houses on the Finkenau street, people fear massive noise pollution that could also occur at night. The citizens' initiative Oslebshausen, which has formed on this topic, is convinced that the new building of the workshop can be stopped. Speaker Dieter Wintge confidently commented on a recent meeting that was characterized by supporters of solidarity. Detailed information about the resistance can be found in the The discussion about the workshop, which is a project of 760 million euros, has been taking over more than four years. There are many concerns in the background. Several Bremen companies that are located in the industrial and factory port also filed a lawsuit. These companies warn of overloading train traffic, especially on the single-lane track in the harbor, where the trains could clog to the Alstom workshop. However, the Bremen Senate, the building administration, the Deutsche Bahn and the Federal Ministry of Transport see these concerns as unfounded and must now comment on the complaints, such as Buten and internal

concerns about noise and health

The complaints of the citizens' initiative are based, among other things, on allegations against the responsible building resort, which is not said to have checked alternative locations sufficiently. Specifically, the citizens' initiative proposes other possible locations such as the Oldenburg curve or the Waller/Gröpelingen ranking station. Your lawsuit aims to contest the incorrect announcement and the insufficient consideration of noise and health risks. An almost "quite committed report" that Alstom has presented is also criticized, with an alternative appraiser uncovered defects and errors in it. The claims have already been sent to the Bremen Higher Administrative Court. The court will look at the lawsuit after receiving the opinion, whereby the citizens' initiative must still present a detailed statement of lawsuit for which it has around ten weeks.

Overall, the dispute over the Alstom workshop takes some time, since the historical finds of skeletons from the Nazi era have also delayed the procedure. The preoccupation with the problem is not only limited to Bremen, but also fits into a broader context in which the German Environmental Aid have complained against many cities in Germany that failed to create noise action plans. According to the DUH, 76 percent of the population feel bothered by road traffic noise, which can have significant health consequences, such as sleep disorders and high blood pressure.

The debate about the railway workshop in Bremen is more than just a local topic; It stands as an example of the challenges of increasing urbanization and the associated stress for residents. The future of the workshop and the reactions on it will be decisive for how the relationship between construction projects and the associated environmental protection strings can be designed.