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Die Bodenmarkierungen – wie hier in der Meraner Straße – sollen erweitert werden, um auf die Begegnungszone aufmerksam zu machen.
© Vanessa Rachlé
By Denise Daum
Innsbruck: After a three-week trial period, the meeting area at Erlerstrasse, Meraner Strasse and in the northern part of Wilhelm-Greil-Strasse is now in regular operation. The Innsbruck municipal council decided by majority at its meeting on Thursday to issue corresponding regulations without a time limit.
The coalition did not necessarily demonstrate unity on this issue either: the ÖVP accepted the regulation, but the Chair of the Transportation Committee, Mariella Lutz, did not miss the opportunity to once again pass the test initiated by Deputy Mayor Uschi Schwarzl (Greens) as a ” action failed “. describe. However: “The meeting zones make sense in certain places,” says Lutz. The test run showed that the innovation had not yet reached all road users. At the suggestion of the ÖVP, a steering group was set up that continuously works on improvement measures and meets for the first time at the end of October.
Basic approval (with two abstentions) came from the parliamentary group For Innsbruck. But Schwarzl also had to listen to criticism from this side. “We are in favor of meeting zones, but we would like to prepare something like this better in the future and involve everyone involved,” said GR Theresa Ringler.
While Innsbruck would like the existing meeting area to be extended to Bozner Platz, it goes too far for SPÖ. “Gathering zones make sense, but not where they endanger people. And that’s the case in Meraner Strasse ”, emphasizes club president Helmut Buchacher. That is why the SPÖ also voted against the Meraner Straße meeting area, but supported the regulation for the other two streets.
Uschi Schwarzl was, as always, the calm person and focused on the positive. “The test was my first attempt and I am pleased that we are now continuing and developing the meeting area permanently.” In the last three weeks, traffic planning has determined that cars are moving too fast, especially at the transition from Bozner Platz to the meeting area. Schwarzl said. There is a 20 km / h restriction in the meeting areas, the lane is intended for shared use by vehicles and pedestrians. To make road users more aware of the rendezvous zone, additional markings should be placed on the floor and a moving speed display should be set up.
The FPÖ – which, among other things, sees a risk for pedestrians – Fritz’s list and the righteous Innsbruck voted against the unlimited extension.
