Gmund wants to become a bicycle-friendly municipality.
In order to achieve this rating, the municipal council has now dealt with another measure: a protective strip on the main road to Dürnbach.
The Gmunder Berg is the biggest problem.
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- The announcement by Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) to make Germany a "bicycle country" and to provide 1.5 billion euros for it spurs the members of the Agmunda working group on transport. The voluntary group has been trying since 2017 in cooperation with the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) and the Working Group of Bicycle-Friendly Communities (AGFK) to help the community of Gmund to become bicycle-friendly. A number of projects from the bike concept that has already been decided on have yet to be implemented. "We sincerely hope that with the new cycle route plan there will also be a rethinking of cycling in the offices," says Dorit Guttenberg from the working group, who has now followed the local council's struggle for the best solution for the route to Dürnbach.
At an online conference beforehand, the committee examined three variants with the Kaulen planning office.
An almost continuous, partly marked bicycle protection strip on both sides of the road, as this can already be seen on a large scale in Bad Wiessee, was now the focus of the lively discussion.
This variant has already been prioritized by the administration and also by Agmunda.
Mayor Alfons Besel (FWG) summarized that it can be implemented quickly and inexpensively.
Protective strips on the federal road: District Office skeptical
Peter Schiffmann, head of the lower road traffic authority in the district office, is skeptical of this variant, informed Besel. Schiffmann justified this with a high traffic load - 16,549 vehicles a day, including 773 trucks. He favored real bike paths of his own. But, according to Besel, the space is not there for that.
It was clear to everyone that the protective strip is not suitable for the Gmunder Berg: "A strip here would be crazy for the cyclists," warned Tobias Bauer (CSU). Fractional colleague Franz Huber even thought the whole stretch to Dürnbach was too narrow. Even if he was not completely convinced because a protective strip simulated a false security, Michael Huber (Greens) still saw it as a "quick solution". Cyclists would need a way to get ahead, "on the sidewalk with pedestrians this is no longer possible at Tegernsee." Would drive sidewalk. Josef Stecher (FWG) saw a "signal" in tackling the measure. "Close your eyes and waitwhat happens in terms of traffic does not live up to our responsibility. ”Franz von Preysing (CSU) took up the suggestion of Johann Schmid (SPD) to designate an alternative route for Gmunder Berg via Neumillerweg or Oberstögerweg.
Vice Mayor Herbert Kozemko (CSU) put it in a nutshell: A protective strip could not be more than an attempt.
The idea of motorcades that roll up again after Corona and then, on top of that, cannot pass the cyclists on the protective strip, is "cruel" for him.
Kozemko demanded that Gmund should be able to backtrack if it didn't work.
The protective strip was then approved against two votes, with the exception of Gmunder Berg.
The measure should be coordinated quickly with the authorities.
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