A piece of the Ilfisgraben in Langnau has already been renovated, the second section is to follow. Due to a project change, however, the building application had to be published a second time in the Anzeiger.
Posted today at 6:30 am—
–The stream bed will be widened and the retaining walls will also be raised.
Photo: Brigitte Mathys
Across from the Ilfis center, ennet der Ilfis, an apartment building is being built. The construction work is in progress. Before, there was a transformer house and an old mane on this plot. “To make room for the apartment building, the two buildings were torn down,” explains the Langnau local councilor Beat Gerber, adding: “Only recently there was a change of ownership of the plot.” And this change of hands has an impact on the “Ilfisgraben renovation” project.
The strong thunderstorm in July 2014 triggered the construction project. At that time the ditch overflowed and a protective wall was washed away. In March 2017, the Langnau parliament approved a loan of almost one million francs for the rehabilitation of the water, the canton assured a contribution of 64 percent. Construction work on the first stage began shortly afterwards. The building was coming from Langnau in the direction of Schüpbach, above the left side of the street. Over a length of 85 meters, the old concrete protective walls in the Ilfisgraben were renewed and raised and, wherever possible, the brook was given more width.
