Overview
- Local bodies in Schönfeld-Weißig and Loschwitz approved funding to start the revitalization after heated debates and close votes, tying support to stronger traffic measures.
- The city’s revised mobility plan drops the parkhouse and shuttle, limits public parking to 49 spaces near the site plus 17 for staff and disabled users, and relies on public-transport combo tickets.
- Officials cited cost, legal complexity in a landscape protection area, and the lack of a parkhouse operator for scaling back, while noting additional land was acquired to seek more parking.
- Councillors demanded a return to earlier commitments such as more parking, upgrades to Quohrener Straße, safer footpaths, and more frequent service on bus line 61 to protect nearby villages from spillover traffic.
- The finance committee has conditionally backed the plan, the Stadtrat will take the decisive vote in March, and a mooted 2030 reopening remains a target dependent on funding and infrastructure delivery; DFMG says operating risk rests with the operator, not the city.