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Salzburg’s state government continues to struggle to expand the Europark

The hearing process for the expansion of the shopping center will start in April, and the government will make a final decision in autumn. But there is significantly less space than desired.


SN / frame riebler

The state government does not tolerate an expansion of 14,000 square meters. That has been clear since Thursday evening. People are now talking about a maximum of 8,400 square meters.

The black-green-pink coalition discussed for around four hours on Thursday afternoon. In the end, there was no final decision, but a compromise.

Background: In 2015, the Greens rejected an expansion of the Europark in Salzburg-Taxham – with the argument that there was now enough retail space and that another outflow of purchasing power would cause massive damage to the town centers. The Spar Group started a new attempt in the previous year and made a new application for a location ordinance. 14,000 square meters should be added, equivalent to an increase in sales of 67 million …

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