Graefelfing: Groundbreaking for swimming and sports hall

Symbolic groundbreaking for a 29 million project: In bright sunshine, Graefelfing's Mayor Peter Köstler invited to the construction site of the future swimming and three-field sports hall on the Lochham school campus on Monday.

At the time of construction he said: "From today three years, and we will be judged by it."

Graefelfing

- It only really starts when no more frost is expected, in February or March 2022. But even until then there is still enough to do on the construction site north of Adalbert-Stifter-Straße.

“Many will say: now winter is coming.

But just removing the humus is like a doctoral thesis, ”said Köstler on Monday during the on-site visit on the construction site.

Constant exchange with neighbors and the school family

In addition to architects, planners, representatives of the municipal administration and the municipal council, he also welcomed the heads of the three Graefelfingen schools, the future “main users during the day”: Anita Groß from the Kurt-Huber-Gymnasium, Nicola-Alexandra Lachner from the elementary and middle school in Lochham and Barbara Reif from the Graefelfing primary school. Köstler spoke of a "milestone project": "Time is moving forward, an old swimming pool and a small gym no longer meet today's requirements." The new swimming pool will have a 25-meter pool suitable for competitions, and the hall will have three sports fields . Köstler also responded to the fact that the location was rejected by opponents such as the citizens' initiative “Save the School Forest”. "We all know that this project sparked a lot of discussions, including the referendum,but that gave a strong tailwind. ”In November of last year, with a turnout of almost 60 percent, 75.1 percent voted for the location. Köstler promised to remain “in constant contact with neighbors and the school family”. And he repeated the announcement that for every tree that had to give way, two others would be planted. “I think there will be a lot more in the end.” 8021 m2 of forest need to be replaced. The compensatory measures have already started. Almost 900 new forest trees will be grown on compensation areas that are a total of one hectare in size.And he repeated the announcement that for every tree that had to give way, two others would be planted. “I think there will be a lot more in the end.” 8021 m2 of forest need to be replaced. The compensatory measures have already started. Almost 900 new forest trees will be grown on compensation areas that are a total of one hectare in size.And he repeated the announcement that for every tree that had to give way, two others would be planted. “I think there will be a lot more in the end.” 8021 m2 of forest need to be replaced. The compensatory measures have already started. Almost 900 new forest trees will be grown on compensation areas that are a total of one hectare in size.

Inclusive project

Johannes Krüger from the architecture office Dietrich / Untertrifaller said: “Because the road was more rocky than with other projects, it is a project close to our team's heart.” He spoke of an inclusive project;

“The sports hall is mainly used for inclusive sports.

The swimming pool on the ground floor is completely barrier-free. "

Work on the shell is to begin in May of next year.

In order to achieve the highest possible level of safety at the neighboring schools while the school is in operation, discussions with the school family should be held continuously, especially with regard to travel concepts, schedules and necessary closures.