Own budgets for Frankenthaler suburbs: What's next?
Own budgets for Frankenthaler suburbs: What's next?
Frankenthal, Deutschland - The discussion about the introduction of own budgets for the four Frankenthal suburbs has increasingly recorded speed in the past few days. The Free Voter Community (FWG) has made this proposal, the aim of which is to give citizens and associations the opportunity to implement smaller projects independently. Tanja Mester, a representative of the FWG, sees the suburbs as an area in which a positive development can be promoted with a total budget of 10,000 euros by projects such as park benches, insect hotels or new playground equipment. In doing so, she emphasizes that the city will continue to take over all mandatory tasks in order to create additional scope for design. The Rheinpfalz reports on the positive approaches of this suggestion.
In the Committee on Finance, Personnel and Security, however, the idea met with mixed reactions. Rainer Schulze from the Greens pointed out that the current budget already planned funds for the suburbs. This reveals the question of whether the new budgets could not lack financial means elsewhere. Heike Haselmaier from the CDU expressed concerns about the amount of the proposed amount and possible unexpected costs that could be associated with small purchases. Even Frank Marx from the AfD criticized the determination of the budget based on the population and called for an orientation to the actual needs of the citizens.
reservations and possible extensions
Criticism also came with regard to the administrative effort that would be associated with the introduction of these budgets, as well as with regard to the exclusivity that this regulation meant for the suburbs. Martin Schuff from the CDU and Mayor Bernd Knöppel propose to expand this budget concept to the entire urban area. In the vote, the majority of the committee voted for the examination of the application with this change, while the AfD was the only parliamentary group.
The debate about the suburbs is part of a broader topic that is important in the context of urban development. According to Bürgergesellschaft.de , urban development includes social, economic and ecological issues. This includes topics such as social segregation, climate change as well as the design of public spaces and urban culture. In the area of citizen participation, it is important that residents are included in planning processes at an early stage in order to ensure a say and to ensure that their needs are adequately taken into account.
Current measures for upgrading downtown
In addition to the talks around the suburbs, the city of Frankenthal launched the "Model measure downtown impulses" funding program. This program aims to improve the quality of stay, strengthen local trade and to design a greener urban space. The first measures, such as the installation of two vertical gardens in the pedestrian zone, start on Tuesday, April 8th. The locations were strategically selected: one is in front of Kisling in Speyerer Strasse and the other in front of the Catalea hairdressing studio in Bahnhofstrasse. The city of Frankenthal also informs about further greening measures that are to be implemented in the vicinity of the train station from mid-May.
Overall, it can be seen that the topic of citizen participation and urban development not only plays a central role in the suburbs, but also in the city center. The discussion about their own budgets and the planned measures for the city center are steps that aim to increase the quality of life in Frankenthal and to enable citizens to shape their city.
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