Cologne - A new culture shock Cologne shaken. The proposed opera-quarters will not be built. At least not then.
The cost for the renovation of the Opera and the construction of the stages will run completely out of control: They have exploded from the approved 230 million now to 364 million euros.
This was confirmed on Tuesday Baudezernent Bernd Streitberger (CDU). The reasons: more space, higher prices, higher costs for engineering, construction, noise, etc. And the 364 million are only tentative.
For Streitberger is clear: "The 364-million project, we can not recommend it. We need to think about alternatives. "Does that mean for him: Renovation of the old theater building rather than new construction.
Mayor Fritz Schramma was appalled by the explosion of costs: "For those planning quality I lack any understanding. Until there are reliable figures, it will stop the planning. "
At the basic decision to clean up but he holds fast. Similarly, Ralph Sterck, OB-candidates of the FDP: "The supervision could dichtmachen the ailing opera every day. If we now change sides on a new building elsewhere, we would have for years. "
"The cost increase makes a speechless," said Juergen Roters. The OB-candidate of the SPD and the Greens continued: "Now have all the facts on the table."
The OB-candidate of the CDU, Peter Kurth: "Given the explosion in costs and poor planning can not now be easily draufgesattelt. All alternatives must be examined. "
