Joy in the town halls of Murnau and Ohlstadt: The section of the State Road 2062 between Murnau-Achrain and Schwaiganger, which is always flooded in heavy rain, will be upgraded to be flood-proof.
The first preparatory work will start in the coming week.
However, the release will not take place until winter 2023.
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- With every heavy rain event, not uncommon in the Blue Land, it is almost as certain as the amen in church. The section of State Road 2062 between Murnau-Achrain and Schwaiganger is flooded and has to be closed to traffic - usually for a few days. From 2023 this scenario should be history. Starting next year, the road will be raised by 2.75 meters and can no longer be a victim of the floods. "After the deadline for legal action against the planning approval decision has expired, the implementation of the measure can begin," said Nadine Heiss, who is responsible for the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district at the Weilheim State Building Authority. There are plans to build a dam on which the road will run in the future.The runoff of the flood will be ensured through a large number of reinforced concrete culverts, according to Heiß. The current cost of the entire project is 7.5 million euros. A lot of money for a segment three quarters of a kilometer in length. “If we had built a bridge, it would have been much more expensive,” says Heiss.
The authority that initiated the planning approval on July 17, 2020 has been extremely pressed for time in the past few weeks.
In order to be able to start certain preparatory work this year, specifications - above all those of nature conservation - had to be complied with.
Because of the bird breeding season in summer and the hibernation of the dormouse that lives in this area, trees can only be felled in October.
“We will be clearing the ground in the next week so that the construction work can start in the coming year,” says Heitz.
Politicians are stepping on the feet of those responsible for the road construction department
Most recently, politics also stepped on the feet of the employees of the State Building Authority.
Murnau's mayor Rolf Beuting (ÖDP / Bürgerforum) and Ohlstadt's town hall chief Christian Scheuerer (non-party) complained massively about the slowness of being at a press conference in mid-June.
"The whole thing is developing more and more into an endurance run," said Beuting at the time.
"That is not acceptable."
All the greater is his relief about the Weilheimers' sprint to the finish line: “I'm very pleased with the development.
The elevation of the state road has been in the planning for years, it is a great benefit that the time has come and that it can finally be implemented. "
The fact that the state building authority and the state government have pressed the tube in recent months - for Scheuerer also the result of the public pressure that he and Beuting have built up.
"I think our approach at the time had an impact," he explains in an interview with the Tagblatt.
He informed the mayors and members of the state parliament from the district on Wednesday.
In the background, Harald Kühn (CSU), member of the state parliament, who is a member of the finance committee of the Bavarian state parliament, is said to have worked and allowed his contacts and relationships to play out in the various ministries.
As the ex-mayor of Murnau and former district administrator, he knows the conditions around the section between Murnau-Achrain and Schwaiganger very well.
720 meters of state road of great importance for the Murnau area
The 720 meter long area, which was impassable during flooding, is of great importance for the region around Murnau. For the fire brigades, the state road is a central feeder when they are called to work on the autobahn; many commuters from Ohlstadt use it in the direction of Murnau. It will take another two years before there is free travel even in the event of floods. There are a few things that mean that he expects until winter 2023 before the project is completed. She does not want to be set on an exact date. "That would be like looking into the crystal ball."
Because of the high costs, the construction work has to be put out to tender across Europe and the deadline for awarding the contract must be adhered to.
In addition, "the technically difficult process", according to Heiss, requires special machines.
“We're not just building a road in a green field.
It's all very time-consuming. ”What makes the work even more problematic and could delay it: The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation suspects prehistoric sites in the area.
Work on the road can only be carried out if the road is completely closed.
According to hot, the diversion runs on the same route that is also signposted during floods.
