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Draft Map Names Three Dresden Wind Priority Zones Ahead of March 23 Vote

The state says Dresden’s earlier citywide wind ban does not bar private projects.

Overview

  • The regional planning assembly will present the draft and vote on March 23 in Dresden, with city delegates not holding a majority.
  • Proposed priority areas in the city are Triebenberg (about 50 hectares), Dresdner Heide near the S95 (about 80 hectares), and Rossendorf at the Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach border (about 33 hectares).
  • A public exhibition and comment period is slated for May 7 to July 6, with the timeframe doubled due to the volume of documents.
  • Planners rate the sites as posing medium to high environmental conflict, citing forested terrain and protected species.
  • The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf objects over potential infrasound impacts on sensitive equipment, and local reporting says the mapped zone extends onto its campus.