Halfway through the Munich high-rise stop: already 18,000 signatures against the parcel post plan
Created: 05/12/2022, 11:35 am
By: Carmen Ick-Dietl
A citizens' initiative against the skyscrapers in the parcel post hall is getting closer.
© Visualization: Herzog-de-Meuron
It's practically half the battle for the citizens' initiative that wants to stop the two planned skyscrapers at the Paketposthalle (Neuhausen).
Around 18,000 signatures have already been received, another 2,000 have already been collected by the helpers but have not yet been forwarded, reports CSU member of parliament Robert Brannekamper.
It takes around 35,000 supporters for a referendum.
Munich: Opponents of the high-rise plans warn of "skyscraper metropolis"
Signatures are currently being collected in many places in the city – including twice a week at Rotkreuzplatz and every Friday at Romanplatz.
The aim of the campaign is a referendum in which the people of Munich should decide for themselves whether two towers with a height of 155 meters should be built on the area of the parcel post hall.
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Opponents say that this threatens to turn Munich into a "skyscraper metropolis".
Because the decision in favor of the "high-rise giants" would pave the way for investors to build more high-rise buildings, which would permanently and radically change the character and mood of the city.
According to the two initiators Robert Brannekamper and ex-SPD city councilor Wolfgang Czisch, a dam burst that must be prevented.
The citizens' initiative wants to limit the maximum construction height for the parcel post hall to 60 meters.
In 2004, the people of Munich decided in a vote that there should be no buildings in the state capital that are higher than the towers of the Frauenkirche.
That would end at 100 meters.
According to a high-rise study by the planning department from 2020, there are definitely zones in Munich where even higher buildings could be built.
The city council has not approved it yet.
(Carmen Ick-Dietl)