Lengdorf's mayor candidate Michèle Forstmaier presents election program in Kopfsburg

The Obermaier inn in Kopfsburg was extremely tight when the free voters Lengdorf presented their candidates for the local elections. Mayor candidate Michèle Forstmaier had the opportunity to combine her four key issues of childcare, noise protection on the A 94, drinking water supply and climate protection and energy transition with stations of her life.

Kopfsburg - She had dedicated herself to qualified childcare in Lengdorf years ago when she was able to convince the then mayor Siegfried Rübensaal, who originally wanted to establish childcare services, of daycare. As a temporary employee of the community, she then prepared the construction of the Lengdorfer Nativity. Since the new construction area will expand the kindergarten and crèche, it is now time to think about whether this could be done with a two-storey extension or with the inclusion of the old town hall.

Forstmaier said that she had devoted many years to resistance to the A 94. In the meantime, it is a matter of campaigning for improved noise protection so that it does not get to the point that “improvements are made in Buch and Dorfen, but not in Lengdorf. If the state government thinks it has to push through the worse option, you'd think it was trying to create noise protection with ramparts, ”she said. Instead, in the change of plan that only became public in 2015, highly absorbent walls were replaced by reflective glass walls. Although the pressure from the citizens had led Prime Minister Markus Söder and the former Transport Minister Hans Reichhart to get an idea of ​​the situation, one should not cease to demand further measures.

The protection of drinking water is also an issue that Forstmaier has long been dedicated to. As a member of the state board of “Mehr Demokratie e. V. ”, she campaigned for the municipal drinking water supply in connection with the fight against the free trade agreements Ceta and TTIP. Lengdorf supply is about technical and personnel investments, outsourcing the business is out of the question.

The engineer had said that the issues of climate protection and the energy transition had accompanied her at the latest since her diploma thesis on energy-efficient construction. "I will not declare a climate emergency for Lengdorf and I will not write a resolution," she said. But she will work to bring Lengdorf closer to climate neutrality step by step. Together, it was necessary to consider which projects and support measures would be sensible and feasible for Lengdorf. In a hurry, she saw at the school's 30-year-old heating "so as not to have to act quickly".

Municipal councilor Philipp Greimel, who is running for second place in the committee, also had the A 94 in mind.

A supermarket is said to be in the commercial area

For him it is not understandable how it is possible in Bavaria "that such a mess is made". He called for the better involvement of the construction committee and an on-site visit for a visit to the wastewater treatment plant, at which the staff must also be present.

For Peter Frank (4th place), the focus is on railway expansion. "We have to take a much closer look than the CSU did on the freeway," he said, and cited the elimination of noise protection measures compared to the old planning and significantly reduced opportunities for citizens to object through the so-called procurement law. Veronika Holnburger (6th place), as the youngest candidate on the list, wants to create better environmental conditions through her commitment to local politics, "without making her living unaffordable".

Nina Griebl-Karst (10th place) turned to the address of the local CSU. She was pleased that the CSU had woken up and taken on topics, she said. It is crucial that ideas are jointly developed on how the town center can be designed in the coming years. The planned supermarket in the industrial area was also discussed. "We have to be careful not to compete with our well-visited bakers and butchers," said Forstmaier. "Everyone envies us for what we have," she referred to Dorfen. She promised that she wanted to make sure that there was a shelf with regional products in the future supermarket.

Anne Huber