Arbitrariness, arbitrariness and lack of transparency – Vienna People’s Party demands comprehensive clarification
Vienna (OTS) – “The fact is: The details of what the city is now planning in connection with the Heumarkt case following the decisions of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh are being withheld from politicians and the public. And the open questions are becoming more and more. We finally want to know what’s going on. That’s why we made an urgent request to the mayor today,” said the planning spokeswoman for the Vienna People’s Party, local councilor Elisabeth Olischar, in the course of the urgent request to the mayor on the subject of world cultural heritage and planning practices in Vienna.
But even today the mayor failed to provide any substantive answers. So once again responsibility was shifted, a lot of things were glossed over or questions were not answered for formal legal reasons.
“If you look at the sequence of the last few years, a quote from Franz Josef Strauss comes to mind in this context: ‘To err is human, but always to err is social democratic,’” said local councilor Manfred Juraczka in his contribution to the debate. Since the beginning, the Vienna SPÖ, with its changing coalition partners, has been unable to preserve the world cultural heritage and enable a viable project. “Finally act and give the hay market the attention it deserves,” said Juraczka in the direction of Mayor Ludwig.
Planless urban planning policy
“One thing is clear: what we are experiencing in connection with the Heumarkt case is the result of a haphazard and completely passive urban planning policy by the SPÖ Vienna,” Olischar continued. It is evident that the city government takes neither the rules of the game nor transparent processes seriously. The motto “Everything is possible” applies. “That means arbitrariness, arbitrariness, lack of transparency. A toxic cocktail. And that in such a sensitive industry,” said the planning spokeswoman.
The city must now do everything it can to save the world cultural heritage. As a result, a comprehensive reform of urban planning is necessary. “Above all, to finally ensure planning security, transparency and orientation in Vienna,” concluded Olischar.
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