The transport Commission of the Zurich municipal Council issued the instruction of the city Council in February 2018 with a rebuff. At that time, the city government requested for the redesign of the paper-growing area, and on the globe-Provisorium, a configuration of credit of approximately 4 million Swiss francs. The small piece of land on the river Limmat close to main train station should be converted to a public square and gazebo.

This is not some members of the Commission far enough. The city Council had implemented the order of the municipal Council to develop a use concept for the Area, very restrictive, and only one variant is proposed. The consultations with the involvement of experts and district representatives had, however, shown that this Option from urban planning point of view, is optimal, according to the Commission on Friday. Therefore, a majority applied for, consisting of representatives of the SP, the Greens and the AL a motivated rejection of the business.

Overview with usage variants

it calls for a comprehensive Overview, including district representatives, the current users, professionals and other interested parties involved. The advice in the Commission have shown that with little effort, it would be possible to improve the use of the site to the Public, and these options should be considered as interim solutions.

Also, the representatives of the SVP in the Commission’s calls for a rejection. It calls, however, on the attractive square close to the main train station in a new building with a sales area on the ground floor, because this corresponds to a large district needs. The FDP representatives rejects both reject applications, as well as the object credit of the city Council. You want to write off the Motion. The process should be resumed, if it is a real use need, according to the statement.

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Created: 25.01.2019, 10:57 PM