The Hohenbrunner CSU wants to have a municipal lawsuit against the approval of the gravel quarrying on the Muna site in Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn examined. The parliamentary group has submitted a motion to that effect in the town hall. The justification mainly refers to the impending traffic load for the community of Hohenbrunn. The five-hectare area on which a Hohenbrunn entrepreneur plans to quarry gravel for up to 14 years is in Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn. The delivery traffic, however – up to 216 truck trips per week are planned – will almost exclusively lead through the Luitpoldsiedlung and the center of Hohenbrunn.
The Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn municipal council initially rejected the application for gravel mining east of Hohenbrunner Straße twice. However, the district office classified this as illegal, whereupon the committee approved the project at the end of June – and at the same time spoke out in favor of an urban development contract with the entrepreneur. It defines the conditions for the excavations, including a ban on driving gravel trucks through the center of Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn. The trucks would mainly drive north and east anyway, since that’s where the gravel works with which the entrepreneur works are located, as Mayor Mindy Konwitschny (SPD) said at an information event on gravel mining.
From the town hall it says: You support everyone who wants to sue
The head of town hall from Hohenbrunn, Stefan Straßmair (CSU), who was present that evening, already announced there that his community would deal with the possibility of a lawsuit against the approval of the district office. Because, according to the mayor: “Hohenbrunn will have to bear the brunt of the traffic – that means a lot of gravel trucks and dirty roads.” In addition, the local businesses in the adjacent commercial area would suffer from the dust emissions from the gravel pit, according to the application by the Hohenbrunn CSU. This could “lead to high costs for technical upgrades and increasing operating, maintenance and upkeep costs”.
Because of the burden on companies, residents and nature, the location of the gravel pit is considered “more than unsuitable,” emphasizes Josef Maier, deputy CSU parliamentary group leader. Therefore, they want to review the possibility of legal remedies and a lawsuit against the permit. In the meantime, the municipality of Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn has spoken out against going to court, despite its negative attitude towards gravel quarrying – also in order not to jeopardize the urban development contract with the entrepreneur. However, Konwitschny emphasized in the municipal council: “We support everyone who wants to take legal action.”