Overview
- The city’s building committee authorized the construction department to add 150 tree sites in the Altstadt pedestrian zone in phases, which draws about 28 million visitors a year.
- Official estimates set installation costs at up to €95,000 per tree for the least complex sites, pointing to roughly €14 million if applied across all 150 locations.
- Funding combines returned grants to the city’s tree budget with pledged support from KfW and the Upper Bavaria regional authority, plus about €170,000 from the “Schatten Spenden” donations drive.
- The first trees are expected in autumn 2026 on Sendlinger Straße after site-by-site coordination with the fire service, utilities, major projects and event uses, and the package also adds a redesigned tactile guidance system and tests larger underfloor waste bins.
- Opposition councillors from the CSU and Free Voters blocked their assent in committee, saying the price is too high given new borrowing and other budget pressures.