The planned new construction of a path at Stud Isarland continues to occupy the city committees.
The city council's building committee once again postponed a final decision at its most recent meeting.
At the request of Ludwig Jägerhuber (CSU), the committee decided unanimously to first take a close look at the matter during an on-site visit.
Percha - The owner has applied for the existing path between Percha-Nord and Wangen to be relocated. Instead of directly past the stud, it should run south of it in future. One of the consequences of the planning is that four trees would have to be felled at the intersection of the new path and the listed tree-lined avenue. Even in the April meeting, the committee members were not very enthusiastic about the applicant's plans. And now, too, there was clear reluctance. The owner could well benefit from a neglect from the past decades. A 150-meter-long section of the path that leads directly past the stud is not publicly dedicated.
While city architect Stephan Weinl wanted to say “not yet one hundred percent” whether a common law could still be derived for walkers, cyclists and farmers, Mayor Patrick Janik gave little hope.
The owner is free "even after decades of toleration" to block the way, he said and emphasized: "In my opinion, the current state is not guaranteed in the long term."
So what to do
The nature conservation authority sees an intervention in the landscape as critical, said Weinl.
And the monument protection authority "does not necessarily want to affect" the avenue of lime trees.
At most, a pedestrian and cycle path is conceivable and “technically feasible”, but it is significantly narrower than 3.50 meters, as required for agricultural vehicles.
In this case, the builder would also have to plant seven new linden trees to replace them.
The fear: "A serious encroachment on nature and on a monument"
The owner's application still triggered shaking his head from Christiane Falk (SPD).
"Someone buys a huge piece of land, knowing full well that there is a path through there, and then expects this path to be redirected," she annoyed.
An expansion to 3.50 meters is out of the question for them, she said.
That's exactly how Dr.
Franz Sengl (Greens).
“It must not be the case that an agricultural path is created there,” he emphasized.
Only a "very slightly paved" footpath and cycle path is feasible with him - and that only at the owner's expense.
Everything else is "a serious encroachment on nature and a monument".
Franz Heidinger (BLS) was thinking more of a neighboring farmer who has so far used the path through the stud to get to his fields. As a result, a new path must also be 3.50 meters wide - "or it stays as it is". Josef Pfister (BMS), however, expressed understanding for the owner's request. "He sees considerable potential for conflict," said Pfister, referring to the agricultural use of the stud. In any case, there will be “an outcry when he closes the path,” he said. Because it was “a very sensitive issue”, Ludwig Jägerhuber saw a site visit by the committee as essential. "Discussing that off-plan does not do justice to the matter and the monument," he said. A date has not been set.
