North Brenner Strait: Regional administrator and citizens’ initiative in Berlin

If the Bundestag does not come to Rosenheim, the regional administrator must go to Berlin. It is difficult to deal with the issue just because of the location of the files Brenner entrance to the north to decide, says Rosenheim district administrator Otto Lederer (CSU) to BR24. “It would be something completely different if you were there and saw how the Inn Valley is shaping the area. He and his colleagues came “to make things a little easier for the MPs.” And to notice them.

District Administrator: Tunnel instead of dam

Most of those involved agree on one thing: the Brenner Base Tunnel project is a good thing. But is there a need for a new northern inflow? No, the existing path is enough, says Lothar Thaler from Citizens’ initiative “Brenner Dialogue”who also came to the committee meeting in Berlin.

Ates Gürpinar, who sits in the Bundestag group for the Left with the Rosenheim constituency, sees it this way too. However, the current plan envisages a new building up to the Brenner bottom tunnel through the Rosenheim area. Austria and Italy are putting pressure on them because the countries are much further along in their expansion steps than Germany. The district administrator of Rosenheim and the CSU can imagine the project, just not as it is currently planned: with a large bridge crossing the hotel north of Rosenheim and a connecting point where the new section will be connected to the existing railway lines, in the narrow hotel. south valley.

CSU wants changes to planning

In addition to the existing railway line, there was already a four-lane highway, a high voltage line, and an oil and gas pipeline running through the Glenins. If the path runs above ground, it would not be profitable for tourism or agriculture. Family farms would be particularly at risk if additional land was used for a new rail project.

District Administrator Lederer is committed to ensuring that both are placed underground to protect the residents and preserve the landscape. Lederer has an advocate in Berlin, CSU member of the Bundestag Daniela Ludwig. The direct candidate for the Rosenheim constituency was campaigning with the Union group to send the matter to the Transport Committee.

Rail: Tunneling as a security threat

Ingrid Felipe from the infrastructure company Deutsche Bahn told the committee that the railway had raised many objections that the tunnel’s share in the planned change was 60 percent. Which she thinks is very big. The railway refuses to move the connection point at Kirnstein underground because this does not comply with safety regulations. Yes, this means that tunnel tubes cannot be connected so easily because that would be dangerous in the event of a tunnel fire. Only time-consuming and expensive reports can show whether this can be solved differently, Felix Heizler of the German Center for Rail Transport Research told the committee.

The engineer Wolfgang Rauscher, who advises the communities in the southern part of Glen Inn, sees it in a different way. In fact, there is no unifying factor in the complexity across Europe. Rauscher cites a report that suggests a four-way connection is essentially possible. The project is technically feasible and permit-able, but planning is now required.