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Will the big switch be flipped in Marzling? Local councilors discuss turning off streetlights

2022-09-27T15:11:51.519Z


The Marzlingen municipal councils are now discussing switching off the street lights. A pretty heated debate, as it turned out.


The Marzlingen municipal councils are now discussing switching off the street lights.

A pretty heated debate, as it turned out.

Marzling

- It is a sensitive issue that the Marzlinger municipal council will soon have to deal with again - namely the big question of whether street lights should possibly also be switched off to save energy.

For example, while zebra crossings need to be continuously lit, streets and walkways in residential areas could soon become pitch black.

However, before the "switch is flipped", as municipal councilor Michael Schwaiger (PB) warned, it is necessary to take a very close look at whether and where such drastic measures make sense at all.

You can't just turn off the light everywhere

"Does the light really have to be on everywhere all night in Marzling?" asked Martin Mair (CSU/FW) via the application, triggering the first discussion in the municipal council on the major municipal topic "saving measures versus a sense of security".

For the Bavarian community day, according to Mayor Martin Ernst (CSU/FW), it is particularly important that traffic areas with increased risk potential, such as traffic islands or road crossings, continue to be well lit.

According to the specifications, however, switching off the light in residential areas should not be seen as a problem.

While Johanna Sticksel (Greens) wouldn't mind if it was dark in residential areas from midnight to 4 a.m., for example, Schwaiger found it difficult to get used to it.

"We have to ask ourselves why we put the street lamps there back then," said Schwaiger.

What if the fire brigade or the ambulance comes?

Christian Mäuer (CSU/FW) also had his concerns: "We also have a responsibility if, for example, teenagers or shift workers have to go home in the pitch dark." just flip the switch all the way.

Sticksel, on the other hand, pointed out that, according to studies, lighted streets basically only convey a feeling of safety, but do not guarantee safety per se.

(By the way: everything from the region is now also available in our regular Freising newsletter.)

Another problem: What if the fire brigade, emergency doctor or police have to go to a residential area and it's pitch dark there?

Due to the technical requirements, the Überlandwerke would then have to switch the lamps back on more or less manually in such a case, as Martin Ernst explained - at least as long as no other solutions for emergencies have been found.

Headlamps for the citizens of Marzlingen?

Franziska Petermeier (Greens) saw no problem in this regard: "The fire brigade has its own light with them." Roswitha Apold (PB) would much rather have the street lights "dimmed", but this is not possible due to a lack of technical requirements in Marzling.

Apold also referred to an original tip from the Bavarian Municipal Council, which probably recommends flashlights and headlamps for citizens if it gets too dark after all.

Since lighting for a higher sense of security has been discussed for ages on the unlit Marzlinger footpath, but now even completely dark settlements are being discussed, Winfried Seidl (CSU/FW) spoke out against switching off streetlights in residential areas.

There are cities where it fits quite well

Thomas Sellmeir (SPD), who used two reference cities as an example that would be very enthusiastic about a dark phase from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., saw things quite differently.

Ultimately, however, most councils were torn between the question of what is more important - saving electricity in a difficult time or the possible loss of a sense of security on public roads.

"We need to find out more about what is going where and how," said Michael Schwaiger.

It should also be researched whether everything in settlements has to be switched off completely or only individual streets.

To his knowledge, however, a lamp would continue to burn undeterred even after the big switch in Marzling had been thrown: “The one in the bus house in Eixendorf – it works with solar.”


Richard Lorenz

You can find more current news from the district of Freising at Merkur.de/Freising.

Source: merkur

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