Cars are stuck in traffic, the S-Bahn is overcrowded and the cycle path ends at the city limits: Things don’t go smoothly in the east of Munich. That is why twelve municipalities from the districts of Munich, Ebersberg and Erding, including the state capital, are joining forces to better master the growing problems in the region. In the “Stadt und Land München Ost” association, they want to make more orderly progress, especially in settlement development and landscape planning. The main committee of the Haarer municipal council decided unanimously on Tuesday to participate in the association. Such a decision will be made in all town halls in the next few weeks.
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The club was born out of necessity. The east of Munich is developing rapidly, the settlement pressure is high, new commercial and residential areas are emerging. With the north-east development area in the Daglfing and Englschalking area, the city of Munich wants to create a new district with up to 30,000 inhabitants. The expansion of the A 94 is fueling settlement development even further east, with many negative consequences for the entire area. In addition, there are fears that the second trunk line will not bring the improvement in the clock speed that the town halls consider necessary when expanding the S-Bahn service.
The model is the Northern Alliance of Unterschleißheim, Garching and Ismaning
As early as 2016, several mayors sat down because they were convinced that the previous parochial politics would not go any further. Workshops with city planners and representatives from authorities followed. The municipality of Haar also joined in 2017. And in the following year, the representatives of the municipalities, under the leadership of Aschheim, commissioned a traffic concept that then formulated development goals. In March 2021, the mayors agreed to found an association to consolidate the work. Now it is time.
The desired alliance reaches far: Aschheim, Feldkirchen, Kirchheim and Haar are from the district of Munich. Anzing, Forstinning, Pliening, Poing, Vaterstetten and Markt Schwaben from the district of Ebersberg, plus Finsing from the district of Erding. As a member, the City of Munich represents the interests of the eastern districts of Bogenhausen and Trudering-Riem. The community of Vaterstetten has agreed to take over the chairmanship of the association for the first three years and is to handle the formalities of founding the association. A full-time position is planned, which will initially be located in the town hall of Vaterstetten to manage the business. For the time being, the expenses for the association amount to 80,000 euros a year, which is divided among other things according to the size of the municipalities.
A full platform in Trudering and an S-Bahn that isn’t running again. The municipalities are demanding a tighter cycle.
(Photo: Jakob Berr)
The founding of the association met with broad approval in Haar. Second Mayor Ulrich Leiner (Greens), who chaired the meeting, referred to the key objectives formulated in the area of transport and settlement development. In the meantime, they have also jointly announced that they want to advance digitization as a group. The office of the association should also act as a common contact point for legal questions. The municipalities hope to gain advantages when awarding public contracts through coordinated tenders. Recently, projects often had to be re-tendered because no bidders were found or the offers received exceeded all price expectations.
The Northern Alliance, which has existed for years and includes five municipalities from the northern district of Munich with Neufahrn, Eching and Unterschleißheim, Oberschleißheim, Garching, Ismaning and Unterföhring, is a role model for the club, which some have briefly and succinctly dubbed the “Eastern Alliance”. and Hallbergmoos in the district of Freising have come together. The twelve partners in the east have also leaned on the Dachauer-Moos-Verein, which extends to the districts of Dachau and Fürstenfeldbruck, and the recreation area association with their new association. Even before it was officially founded, there were wishes to expand the alliance. The Haar municipal councilor Alois Rath (CSU) called for Grasbrunn and Putzbrunn in the neighborhood to get involved. Haar is in an open dispute with Grasbrunn because it is planning a commercial area in Keferloh on the outskirts of Haar.