The Murnau decision on the local bus is making waves: Mayors Jörg Steinleitner (Riegsee) and Markus Hörmann (Seehausen) hope that the market town council will reconsider its negative attitude.
The Murnau municipal parliamentary group ÖDP/Citizens' Forum made a similar statement.
Murnau/Seehausen/Riegsee
– As is well known, there is never a shortage of remarkable floats when the traditional carnival procession meanders through the town of Ohlstadt.
One of the special vehicles that onlookers could marvel at on Sunday was a self-made Blue Country bus.
On board: the mayors Rolf Beuting, Andreas Weiß, Aloisia Gastl, Frank Bauer, Markus Hörmann and Jörg Steinleitner as well as District Administrator Anton Speer.
Ohlstadt's town hall chief Christian Scheuerer marched in front with a bus stop sign.
Steinleitner, head of town hall in Riegsee, says that the campaign was “ultimately also a political statement and a sign of our enthusiasm for the Blue Country Bus project.
This should actually roll from autumn 2024.
It remains to be seen whether that will happen.
Because the Murnau market council refused to award the local bus to a provider with an on-demand system from July 1st.
The administration should prepare a preliminary announcement and tender for the operation of a local bus from 2025.
You want to examine alternatives.
The contract with the previous partner Omobi expires at the end of June.
It remains to be seen whether the municipal council will also vote against the Blue Land bus.
This should also be based on an on-demand system.
Steinleitner: Good experiences in Riegsee
Steinleitner does not know the Murnau decision in detail.
"But what we can say: We very much hope that the Murnau municipal council will pull itself together, discuss its negative decision again intensively and come to a decision in the interests of the citizens of the entire Blue Country." It's not just about Murnau for a long time .
“This is about a model for the Blue Land – and maybe even for the entire district in the long term.
But without Murnau, nothing works for the time being.” The people of Riegseer have only had good experiences with the on-demand bus so far.
The feedback from the public has been consistently positive.
"The bus is now part of the village scene and is being accepted more and more every month," emphasizes Steinleitner.
"From our point of view, it would be tactically unwise to
As is well known, the local bus is also on the road in Seehausen.
At first there were quite critical voices.
But today the "acceptance is high," says Mayor Hörmann.
He sees it like his counterpart Steinleitner: "I can only hope that that wasn't the last word and that the common path continues." That in the Blue Land "grow together and stand together".
The Murnau resolution "surprised us a bit," says Hörmann.
Above all, "because a future-oriented solution has been announced" - namely the blue country bus.
Statement of the ÖDP/citizen forum
A statement on the council decision also comes from the Murnau market community council.
The parliamentary group ÖDP/Bürgerforum "expressly dissociates itself from this decision," according to a press release sent by parliamentary group spokesman Wolfgang Küpper.
"It is directed against the interests of a large part of the population, who have been using the on-call bus since mid-2020." The Murnauer on-call bus is an innovative, successful model for local public transport in rural areas.
“As a group in the municipal council, we are proud of this pioneering role that the Murnau market has played nationwide for the past three years.
Alternative variants, which incidentally have been available to the municipal council for some time in a first draft, are superior to the on-demand bus in terms of transportation and cost-effectiveness.” In short: the ÖDP/Citizens’ Forum faction expects
Florian Diepold-Erl, climate protection manager of the district, follows the debate at Staffelsee.
"It's a political decision that you have to accept." However, he thinks it's unrealistic to have a regular bus system in place by July.
Because you have to organize, for example, the award, meet deadlines and talk to donors.
If Murnau does not vote for the Blaues-Land-Bus, the question arises "whether the system makes sense".
Without the market town, says Diepold-Erl, "it's difficult".
Meanwhile, the tender for the blue country bus is being prepared in the district office.
"We're on schedule there."
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