The opposition does not want to accept the imminent closure of the ferry in Mühlheim – the final decision should now be taken on June 24th by the district council.
- The dispute over the impending Ferries off in Muehlheim boils up
- The opposition does not want to accept a shutdown and fires against the SPD
- The Social Democrats are “stunned” about the style
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Mühlheim – The criticism is directed primarily against the grand coalitions in the city and in the Offenbach district. The Mühlheimer SPD, however, defends itself against the accusations of the opposition. “At the latest now it is clear that the closure of the ferry connection from the beginning of the debate to the SPD and CDU was actually the goal in Mühlheim as well as in the Offenbach district, whatever the cost,” said Petra Schneider, Vice-Citizens’ Group for Mühlheim (BfM)
Imminent Mainfähr-Aus in Mühlheim: BfM is experiencing “a tragedy of misinformation”
Since the ferry service was discontinued in October 2017 due to security deficiencies and the former tenant family Spiegel was terminated without notice, the BfM has been experiencing “a tragedy of misinformation, delayed tactics, but also dubious money spending, back room policies, untrue assurances and ignorance of sensible solutions in our numerous applications “Complains Schneider. The BfM parliamentary group leader, Dr. BfM, contradicts the reasoning of the respective grand coalitions that the restart of the ferry service is not feasible for economic reasons. Jürgen Ries
“With the participation of the four local authorities, the subsidy amount of 183,000 euros annually stated in the report of the district committee is justifiable.” In addition, the maintenance of district roads and public transport is always a subsidy operation.
“The district’s further argument that no suitable ferry personnel can be found is flimsy and superficial,” says Ries. “With the firm determination to re-establish the ferry connection, the prospective customers would achieve sustainable results.”
Imminent Mainferry-Aus in Mühlheim: The Greens are also disappointed
The BfM is calling on the members of the grand coalition to withdraw their submissions both in the district council and in the Mühlheim city council. On the other side of the Main, this is also what the faction of the “Wahlalternative Maintal” (WAM) is asking for in an urgency application for the last meeting before the summer break. Instead, the WAM calls for a meeting of all parties involved – the Offenbach and Main-Kinzig districts, the cities of Mühlheim and Maintal and the citizens’ initiative ferry – as soon as possible.
Even among the Mühlheim Greens, who have coined the motto “no meeting without a ferry”, there is great disappointment about the intention to close the ferry. The news came out of nowhere, “like an obituary,” says Green Group spokesman Volker Westphal on request.
“Peak of Passivity”: Discussion about Mainferry-Aus in Mühlheim
It was a cheek to want to wipe the topic off the agenda so coldly. “We have been discussing the ferry for five years and have said: It is technically not economically viable to operate,” but Westphal says that the Grand Coalition is permanently blocking a debate on the content. The Greens had tried to initiate a discussion with a number of motions.
He is really angry about the “tiresome hiding of the grand coalition behind the jurisdiction of the district”, he speaks of the “peak of passivity and the flight of mats”. It was hoped that the ferry would be fought in the background. As an engineer, he was clear about the technical condition of the ferry, “that happens what happens now”. Everything was dependent on a tenant who put a lot of money in the ferry and who was not found.
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Dispute over From the Main ferry in Mühlheim: SPD shows “stunned
Political group leader Rosemarie Palm writes that the Mühlheim Social Democrats have no choice but to accept honest and responsible politics. It is a pity that “the opposition is pursuing other goals and is therefore not doing justice to the importance and importance”. The SPD is “particularly stunned” about the style of the BfM. For example, “there has been no constructive opposition proposal in recent years.”
“The assumption that the SPD has no interest in the ferry connection is completely absurd, rather the facts are deliberately ignored, because a ferry operation is simply not possible without staff.” However, it was no alternative for the SPD, the population up to the local election hope to pretend. It was a great disappointment for everyone “that this project failed in terms of personnel and finances and that there were also legal concerns about a municipal participation in the ferry operation,” writes Palm.
BY RONNY PAUL
The Main ferry between Mühlheim and Maintal regularly heated the mind. Now it faces the final end. Two citizens’ initiatives react angrily.
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