Dispute over the planning of light: pedestrian bridge remains dark!

District representation 9 in Düsseldorf decided in October 2020 to install lighting for the pedestrian bridge over the A59. This bridge serves as a access between the street Am Mönchgraben and the allotment garden area Benrath. However, despite the Stadtwerke's lighting planning, the measure could not be implemented in early 2021, since the necessary permits are missing.

The location of the planned path connection is located in the landscape protection area, where artificial light sources are only approved in exceptional cases. The city administration argues that lighting is not necessary because the use and opening times of the allotment garden system correspond to the requirements of the Düsseldorf allotment garden regulation from 2005. In addition, there is no exception for the security of school paths that could justify lighting. The administration plans not to implement the measure decided and to use the funds provided for it.

Missing conversations and renovation costs

The conversations about the assembly of a lighting system were documented as not taken, since isolated lighting of the bridge is not considered to be expedient without adjacent lighting paths. A stair exit from the ramp of the bridge has been closed for a long time, with the cost estimate for the repair is around 17,000 euros. This staircase is just a abbreviation, since an approximately 100 meter long barrier -free path also opens up the bridge. For financial reasons, the administration also prefers the dismantling of the staircase to avoid renovation costs and follow -up costs such as traffic safety, cleaning, maintenance and maintenance.

In addition, it can be stated that there is no general ban in landscape protection areas in North Rhine-Westphalia. As frag-einen-walt.de , structural systems can be built as long as they do not contradict the protection purpose. Approval can be bound to compensation actions such as the creation of wetland biotopes. In the event of a construction notice, the assessments of the prospects of success for legal steps against negative decisions are entitled to an individual case. This also applies to building applications in the landscape protection area, although there is a principle of equal treatment that does not guarantee no right to equal treatment in the injustice.