Head of Planning and Building Paul-Gerhard Weiß and his team from the Office for Planning and Building provide information about the Main Dike expansion. (Photo: City of Offenbach / georg-foto, offenbach) Tour of the construction site for the expansion of the Main dike in Rumpenheim
The population of Offenbach can expect better protection against flooding in the foreseeable future: The implementation of the Maindeich renovation, which began in February 2023, is making further progress in the Rumpenheim district. During a visit to the construction site, head of planning and construction Paul-Gerhard Weiß and his team from the Office for Planning and Building informed residents and press representatives about the construction progress to expand the over 130-year-old Main dike in the Rumpenheim section.
“After a little more than half a year of construction, it is important to me to provide an up-to-date overview of the construction progress and the challenges of this extensive project. “I am pleased that we are making good progress with the renovation of the Main dike despite some delays, because after Rumpenheim the much larger section in the city center will continue,” said Weiß.
The Office for Planning and Building took the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes to record topics from the local population and answer questions. Since the construction work is causing disruption and disturbances and some of the work is being carried out on private property and in gardens, the population is directly affected and also has to take care of their property. “We take these concerns seriously. With the start of construction work, the city took various measures to protect residents. The protection of property and the safety of the people who live in the immediate vicinity of the construction site and are also affected are our top priority,” said the head of planning and construction, thanking the residents in Rumpenheim for the good cooperation.
Security even against 200-year floods
The current measure extends across the entire Rumpenheim area and the field area on the border with Mühlheim. With the expansion of the Main dike, the section in Rumpenheim will receive a modern dike system, which is intended to protect the district against a 200-year flood – this means a flood that is as strong as it statistically only occurs every 200 years due to small delays During the construction process – due to the explosive ordnance detection in April of this year and ongoing delivery bottlenecks when ordering building materials – the completion of the section in Rumpenheim is postponed from autumn of this year to the coming winter months.
The much more extensive expansion of the Main dike in the city center, between the Carl Ulrich Bridge and the former Farbwerke site, now the innovation campus, is still planned for 2024 and 2025.
Funding from the state of Hesse
The entire project is funded by the state of Hesse. The city of Offenbach receives around 85 percent subsidies on eligible flood protection expenses. In December 2021, Environment Minister Priska Hinz handed the city of Offenbach its first funding notice amounting to 6,225,000 euros. The funding was increased to 12,928,510 euros in June last year. The funding is processed by the Hessen Economic and Infrastructure Bank.
Further information on the construction process as well as information on any resulting impairments and flood protection during the construction period can be found at www.offenbach.de/maindamm. There you will also find further information on the measures to renovate and upgrade flood protection on the Main, including the section in the city center.
(Text: PM City of Offenbach)
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