The running park project that the city of Miesbach wants to start together with Hausham is running. The city council has approved the assumption of costs. However, with one caveat.
Miesbach / Hausham - together you can do more. Because the Hausham community wants to join the planned running park, the costs will increase, but in the end it will be cheaper. This was reported by the deputy head of the cultural office, Max Kalup, at the latest meeting of the Miesbach city council.
In November 2019, the city council decided to implement the project up to a total of 20,000 euros net. Provided there is funding from the EU's Leader program. Due to the expected 50 percent funding, 10,000 euros would have been foreseeable as costs. But with Hausham's entry, the total costs increase to 30,000 euros. After deducting the funding, Miesbach and Hausham are left with 15,000 euros. Miesbach only has to pay 7,500 euros.
Seven routes are currently planned - three easy, three medium and one difficult. The total length is about 58 kilometers, and there is the option of a long loop. It is around 25 kilometers long and leads from Miesbach via Hausham and Schliersee back to Miesbach via Attenberg and Stadlberg.
Three routes and two connections are planned in the district town. The starting points are the outdoor pool and the Waitzinger Keller: the Schlierach, Stadtwald and Voglherd circuits, as well as the Stadlberg connection for a large circuit of 23 kilometers and the connection to the city center.
In Hausham, the routes start at the Volksfestplatz. From there there are four routes: Hausham-Schlierach, Hausham-Schliersee, Hausham-Huberspitz with an extension to Gindelalm and Hausham-Stadlberg.
Paul Fertl (SPD) regretted that Wallenburger Allee was not included. Kalup explained this with the problem of connecting the circuit in the north of the district town to the rest of the course. This is only possible along the B 472. Because the running park only uses public roads and paths. Overall, the goal is to offer guests and locals a quick overview of where you can run - even without entering private property.
Florian Ruml (FWG) sees the running park as a dispensable cost burden. “We have little money and have to save, but we never do it,” he stated. "For me that is superfluous luxury."
Manfred Burger (Greens) pointed out that with Hausham's accession, the situation had changed: "We have to go through with it now, but we can get away with it more cheaply." An argument that did not convince Ruml. During the vote, he declined to approve.
Since Miesbach acts as the project sponsor for the Leader funding, the city council has to pass the entire amount. However, according to the administration, Hausham has already promised a quick payment of their share. The maintenance for the entire earmarked period of twelve years is agreed in a cooperation agreement between the two partners Miesbach and Hausham. Each municipality bears the costs of maintaining the routes in its own municipality.
