The situation around the Vienna Addiction Aid Center “Jedmayer” in Mariahilf continues to escalate, even adjacent playgrounds and other districts are affected. The spö from the neighboring 15th district now turns directly to the mayor and calls for an evaluation.
Added people who are visible to everyone in the middle of the metro station, theft in the supermarket, drug addicts, fill the stairs. Neither the increase in the number of street workers, nor a police container directly for the U6 can improve. In addition to the public users, the victims and business operators are mainly the victims in the 6th, 7th and in the 15th district.
Desperate questions
Countless residents contacted the district council with the desperate request for solutions. Especially after there was an attack against a tenant in a house, the fire brigade had to move in another incident, while the drug cooked in the stairs led a fire.
“I would like to show the really unbearable circumstances where you are aware: fights at my door.
Fresh and dried blood splashes, embellish the sidewalks. During parking, drivers have to be careful that they don’t get anyone down because addicts are among the parked cars.
The dog zone is more a targeted cage for drug addicts who consume on the banks and then remain immobile for half an hour.
Young women who have recently moved to Gumpendorfer Straße do not dare to go in or out at the U6 station in the morning or in the evening. They make the detour via the U4 Margaret belts. “
The District Council of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus is now sufficient, which Spö has with the support of all other factions except KPö to the left of an application for Mayor Michael Ludwig (Spö) to evaluate the situation and to guarantee improvement. The ÖVP is too little, he wants more video surveillance, an alcohol prohibition zone and the decentralization of the range of addiction assistance.
The Ludwig office is said to be taken seriously, strengthening social work and the offer. At the same time, the staff is criticized by the police.
Scene shifts
Nevertheless, the drug scene continues to shift – the “Kroon” already reported on the excesses for the Lazaristskirche. The homeless scene is also spreading more and more in the residential areas. So there were ugly scenes in the Andreaspark in the first week of vacation.
In the colorful tubes and houses that are actually intended for play and adventure, two homeless people became. “The children immediately noticed that someone was in it. It smelled, the children were shocked and of course did not want to romp behind it,” says a hit mother. She emphasizes that it is not an isolated matter. Time and again homeless people would spend the night in the tubes.
“City must recognize a problem”
Christina Schlosser (ÖVP) therefore calls for a corresponding concept from the city. Schlosser: “The problem must finally be recognized in the district and in the city. These people need help, because there are more and more facilities. That is why more facilities are urgently needed. A playground or a park are very bad sleeping places. Especially during the holidays, these oases of playing and recreation are mainly used by families.”
Source: Krone
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