Standstill on Rot-Kreuz-Straße: Citizens ask about progress!

Remscheid: Brachland an der Rot-Kreuz-Straße bleibt ungenutzt. Verwaltung priorisiert drängendere Projekte wie Schulsanierungen.
Remscheid: Brachland on Rot-Kreuz-Straße remains unused. Administration prioritizes more pressing projects such as school renovations. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Standstill on Rot-Kreuz-Straße: Citizens ask about progress!

The wasteland on Rot-Kreuz-Straße in Wermelskirchen has been a dispute among the citizens since the demolition of the former secondary school building. Many wonder why nothing has happened on this property for a long time. According to a report by rga , however, the inactivity is not to be attributed to the administration. The RGA editor Anja Carolina Siebel names the prioritization of other projects as the main reason for the delay.

Currently, the focus is on pressing projects, such as the further development and renovation of schools, in particular the high school, as well as the creation of additional childcare places. These measures have been considered urgently necessary and influence the time frame for the redesign of the fallow land.

urban planning challenges and renovation measures

Research and advice for living, real estate and environmental GmbH in cooperation with the city.

The focus of the renovation included the adaptation of the urban development structures to the function of the old town as a central supply area. It was important to take the needs of both older people and young families into account. The aim was to achieve both the preservation and the modernization of buildings and thus revitalize the central rooms. These measures were funded as part of the urban development program "Small cities and municipalities".

long -term perspectives of urban development funding

The need for such renovation measures also becomes clear as part of the funding program "Urban development and development measures", which was launched in 1971. The aim of this program was to strengthen cities as residential and business locations. By 2010, around 7.9 billion euros in federal funds were invested in over 3,800 urban support measures. The report of the Federal Institute for Building, City and Spatial Research (BBSR) shows the achievements as well as the challenges.

These measures include not only the renovation of local nuclei, but also the revival of characteristic cityscapes and the improvement of the living environment. A flexible instrument of urban development that takes into account social, ecological and economic aspects is essential. The challenges in the implementation of such projects were analyzed and recommendations for the further development of urban development were derived.

in Wermelskirchen and beyond the question of further procedures remains on the fallow land and neglected urban structures. While some projects are making progress, the hope of developing the property on Rot-Kreuz-Straße remains.

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