Protest against the industrial area: Remscheid fights for strawberry fields!
Protest against the industrial area: Remscheid fights for strawberry fields!
In Remscheid, a planned industrial area on the popular strawberry fields on Borner Straße ensures great resentment among residents. One of Colin Cyrus, a member of the left, started petition, has already collected almost 1,900 signatures, even though the original goal was 1,300. The petition finds support from Greenpeace Remscheid and is aimed directly at the council of the city of Remscheid, which is supposed to decide on the future of the site. rga that the area in Listing landscape protection area and borders on ecologically valuable source areas.
The concerns are diverse. Colin Cyrus criticizes the "area sealing" and the loss of agricultural soil. With a development, not only the beautiful strawberry fields, but also an important local recreation area could be lost. The rocky underground of the region helps to slowly flow to the protected sources, and sealing could significantly increase the risk of flooding. This would not only endanger the flora and fauna, but also impair water quality. According to the petition, alternative surfaces such as recycled commercial and industrial wasteland are to be used for commercial settlement. And could continue to increase due to the planned outlet center and the "Gleisdreieck" industrial area.
ecological and social challenges
The effects of the planned development are not only ecological, but also social in nature. It is feared that the additional traffic load could reduce the quality of life of the residents. Above all, because there are already acute congestion problems in important traffic hubs in the Lennep district. An increase in traffic could lead to higher noise pollution, air pollution and more common accidents. Especially in times of climate change, it is heavily criticized that natural areas are replaced without need, especially since existing industrial areas are not fully utilized.
The demands on the city administration are clear: Stop the project and use the resources to better develop the existing infrastructure. Instead of creating new businesses on agricultural areas, the existing resources to improve the living space and increase the attractiveness of the Lennep district should be invested for specialists. RGA indicates that the management and politics plan to make decisions this year, which increases the time pressure on the petition and its supporters.
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