Former air base runway should go - but what does the federal government say about it?

Created: 11/18/2022, 5:07 p.m

By: Helga Zagermann

The runway (centre) at the air base: Maisach's municipal council is considering whether it's worth unsealing part of it.

© Carmen Voxbrunner

Unsealing part of the runway at the air base – that would be one of the Maisach municipal council’s wishes.

Therefore, one wants to contact the federal government, which owns the area.

Maisach - In addition, it must be clarified what advantages and disadvantages a partial dismantling would have in terms of species protection and contaminated sites.

At the municipal council meeting, the head of the town hall, Peter Eberlein, reported on how the idea of ​​a partial demolition came about.

He remembered a slogan from the time of the fight against civilian pilots on the airfield: "The runway must go!" He still has this goal in mind, especially since BMW has announced its withdrawal and then only the western area as a driving safety route be used by the police.

There is no other subsequent use for the runway, which cuts through the FFH area over a length of around 3.2 kilometers and a width of 60 meters.

So why not rebuild around 1.8 kilometers of the slope?

Maisach wants to benefit from the eco account

Maisach's goals would be to create larger contiguous protection areas and additional infiltration areas.

Above all, however, the municipality not only wants to gain something for nature, but also for itself: If it buys parts of the runway from the federal government, removes concrete and converts areas into hay meadows and calcareous grassland, points are credited to its ecological account and it can use these areas can be offset as compensation areas if construction takes place elsewhere on the Maisacher corridor and is thus sealed.

Then one would not have to take such compensation areas away from agriculture.

Species protection

The council was unanimous behind the idea.

It was decided that the town hall should contact the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (Bima).

Because the area belongs to the federal government.

Although the municipality has planning authority over the areas, it cannot do anything without the consent of the owner.

The Bima should be asked what one thinks of the idea, whether she sells land and, as a result, Maisach's ecological account could grow.

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Only if the bimah says "yes" do further steps follow.

Then it must be carefully examined whether unsealing would be advantageous for species protection or would lead to undesirable disturbances.

In addition, the problem of contaminated sites must be examined in detail.

Heike Demants (Greens) warned: "We have to find out beforehand: What are we gaining, what can we lose?" She warned of soil contamination.

Your application to have an expert opinion drawn up was included in the decision.

Because you can hardly see the runway on the site and some protected species also use concrete surfaces, Angelika Simon-Kraus (Greens) brought another idea into play: Maybe you could just mill away cross strips of the runway and turn them into meadows.

Then the FFH areas are connected at certain points and animals can cross.

Solar park on the slope probably off the table

A proposal by the Bund Naturschutz (Confederation of Nature Conservation) is as good as off the table: It is unlikely that a solar park can be built on the runway on the former airfield site - the blinding effect of the modules is expected to have negative effects on flora and fauna.

In any case, the government of Upper Bavaria (higher nature conservation authority) has already issued a negative statement on a solar park.

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