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[/color]Germany is just talking about one topic, “Stuttgart21“. Since the construction start on the 2[sup]th[/sup] Februar 2010 intense demonstrations are taking place. Most of the demonstrations were held peacefully. But on the 7[sup]th[/sup] October the situation escalated: the police fired on 100,000 demonstrators with water and some lost their eyesight on this day.
It is very difficult to form a opinion because a lot of information are very subjective and not objective.
This comment is written to clarify many things on the project “Stuttgart21“ and to give the layman a better insight into this debate. I am going to discuss wether the project “Stuttgart21“ should be executed or wether it should be cancelled.
In favor of the construction plan commends that the project is going to strengthen the national and international
high-speed rail traffic. The ride time will be dramitacally reduced. For instance a ride from Stuttgart to Ulm will take 28 minutes instead of 54 minutes.
In addition to that the rebuilding of the train station will create 10,000 new and permanent workplaces and 70000 during the construction period. In the future this will help to let the economy to grow and to reduce unemployment.
Another argument for the project is that it will help the infrastructure to grow and it will minimize the noise trains are causing. The project will help to gain 100 hectare (10,000 square meters) of free space. On this space can be built new flats and many green areas.
On the other hand “Stuttgart21” doesn not just have positive aspects. The project will lower the number of tracks from 17 to 8 tracks. The project will be built underground, meaning it can not be expanded in the future.
Another crucial aspect of “Stuttgart21” is the construction period. Whereas it is told that the project will take around 10 years to be build, experts estimate a construction period of over 20 years. This will cause a lot of problems for people who are dependent by travelling with the train.
However, we should not forget the most negative factor of rebuilding the train station: it was said that the construction will cost 2,5 billion euros. The costs are already exceeded by now with 1,6 billion euros. The current estimate is that it will cost 5,3 billion euros. In addition to that the stretch of road will cost around 6 billion euros! The question is: are these costs worthful for saving about
20 minutes of travel and who will pay it?
Finally is to say that it is difficult to find a opinion which is not directed by feelings or influenced by political ideologies. You have to weigh all pro and all contra arguments and hear the opinions of both sides. It takes a lot of time to have a good insight and to make an own opinion about “Stuttgart21”.
Personally I think “Stuttgart21” will help the german economy to grow and to be strenghtend, but that the timeperiod is too long and that the costs are too high. The Benefit you get weighed with the deficits is to say, that “Stuttgart21” is a project which has to be cancelled or which has to be replanned. There are already new concepts of a new train station which isn’t underground but with just a third of the normal costs. I think more energie should be invested in such concepts to have both sides pleased.
Vielen Dank!
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