The Neubaugasse in Vienna should be given a role model effect with the Klimafit stamp – but the paint is already showing the first cracks.
The Neubaugasse in the district of the same name was to become a prestige project for climate-friendly urban planning. For months there was discussion and discussion about the plans and especially the routing of the bus lines between the individual neighborhoods and the city. But no one seems to have thought of the surface.
Paving test track
Because the test road, which costs eleven million euros, is already falling apart. Specifically, it’s about the cobblestones. These are climate-friendly, but not suitable for public use. Neighbors report loose stones near the bus stops. Apparently the articulated buses on line 13A are too heavy for the patchwork.
“It rattles like a mill hurry Bach”, says a resident and adds: “It will certainly be expensive to repair and it looks like the municipality will have to deal with it regularly.” The municipality is aware of the problems and indirectly confirms the suspicion. “It was a novelty to design a bus lane in this way that is often used by large articulated buses,” says the responsible MA 28. An improvement is already being worked on.
Road builder has to pay
However, this did not result in any costs for the municipality, because “the damage will be repaired as quickly as possible within the framework of the guarantee obligation – i.e. at the expense of the contractor”. result. Good news given the thinned timetables.
Source: Krone
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