In the run-up to the information event and the municipal council’s decision on gravel quarrying on the Muna site, the Sustainable Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn Citizens’ Initiative (BI) criticized the district office’s announcement that it would approve the plans. In an open letter, the opponents of the gravel pit complained that the authorities wanted to allow excavations to be carried out on the entire area, although a good third of them were earmarked in the zoning plan for industry or “the edge of the forest belonging to the industry”. The BI is surprised in the letter that went to all municipal council factions and to the district office, also about the short deadline that was set for the town hall to approve the controversial plans.
These and other arguments by the project opponents, such as those relating to groundwater and bird protection, should also be discussed on Tuesday, June 28th, when the municipality invites you to a public information event on the subject of gravel mining on the Muna site in the multi-purpose hall at 7 p.m. There, head of town hall Mindy Konwitschny (SPD) will explain the dilemma facing the municipal council. Because although the committee unanimously rejects the proposed excavations on the five-hectare area opposite the commercial area at the Wächterhof, it could approve the project at its meeting on Thursday. The reason: the district office has made it clear to the town hall that it considers the gravel extraction application from a Hohenbrunn entrepreneur to be approvable and would replace the municipal plaque if necessary. According to the deadline set by the district office, they have until July 1 to correct their previously negative attitude to the project.
The council can now choose one of two paths. The first is the preparation of a sub-zoning plan in which specific concentration areas in the site are designated for gravel quarrying. This would give you two to three years of time and could possibly prevent the plans that are now available – on the one hand. On the other hand, five to ten percent of the municipal area would probably be released for gravel quarrying after the process was completed, which should soon arouse interest. The second way would be an urban planning contract with the Hohenbrunn entrepreneur. This would regulate the conditions for gravel mining on the Muna site – such as the number of truck trips, the use of a sprinkler system to reduce dust or the omission of a crushing plant. According to the mayor, there have already been talks with the applicant in this regard. Accordingly, at the event on Tuesday, it should already be discussed what such an urban development contract could look like.