As of: January 22, 2024, 3:00 p.m
By: Ulrike Wilms
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The Echinger See is idyllically located in the frosty landscape: If it is possible to swim there again in the summer, wheelchair users should also be able to do so.
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A step towards greater accessibility is to be taken at Lake Eching.
The community is also focusing on another body of water.
Eching
- Neither the Echinger nor the Hollerner See have disabled access for handicapped people, which means that wheelchair users, for example, are denied access to the bathing waters.
The fact that there is an urgent need for action here was clearly expressed both at a citizens' meeting in Eching and in the applications for participatory budgeting.
As Mayor Sebastian Thaler recently announced to the building committee, the recreational area association responsible for the lake area has now earmarked funds to create barrier-free access to the open water.
During an on-site visit with its managing director Christian Mohr, the existing bathing areas on the Echinger lake shore were examined to determine their suitability for the planned access.
The measure should take place before the start of the bathing season
The entrance, which is equipped with a solid ramp and a kind of handrail, should be of sufficient length and lead smoothly and gently into deeper water, so that the device works even with changing water levels.
The area of the so-called baby bay was defined as suitable for this, opposite the large lawn in the east, which is not far from the sea kiosk.
The measure should take place before the start of the bathing season.
(By the way: Everything from the region is now also available in our regular Freising newsletter.)
And what's next for Lake Hollern?
Here, too, the wish and idea are clearly formulated: It should be retrofitted with barrier-free access as soon as possible.
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