“The current developments surrounding the Heumarkt case and the topic of world cultural heritage only allow one conclusion. The chaos and unprofessionalism in this context continue unabated,” said the planning spokeswoman for the Vienna People’s Party, local councilor Elisabeth Olischar, in view of today’s reporting in the daily newspaper “Kurier”.
At the next meeting of the state government, the SPÖ and Neos want to decide on an exemption from the environmental impact assessment, namely with regard to a variant of the Heumarkt project, which was actually already considered outdated in view of the criticism from UNESCO and has allegedly already been modified.
“Nobody understands why an outdated variant should actually be pushed forward here. It is also incomprehensible why the justification claims that the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Historic Center of Vienna” will not be significantly affected. “And this despite the fact that UNESCO has always criticized this variant and called for improvements,” Olischar continued.
With this approach, the city is driving Vienna’s world cultural heritage completely against the wall. “We need effective solutions, this confusion tactic must finally stop. Clarity and transparency are the order of the day, this confusion is completely absurd,” concluded Olischar.
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