Nuttlar bus stop: small conversion for a big impact
Conversion work at the "Kirche" bus stop in Nuttlar is to improve visibility when fire engines leave the fire station. This has now been unanimously decided by the members of the Bestwig community development committee.
Specifically, the roof overhang on the eastern side of the wooden structure of the bus shelter will be shortened. In addition, the eastern wall of the bus shelter will be replaced by a glass wall within the beam construction. This proposal was agreed upon by a working group made up of representatives of the council members, local councillor Markus Sommer, employees of the municipal administration and representatives of the fire brigade.
Background: In January, the SPD parliamentary group submitted a motion to the local council calling for the bus stop to be redesigned or relocated. The aim was to improve visibility when leaving the fire station's vehicle hall and also to increase the safety of passers-by in the area of the bus shelter.
However, there would have been no funding for a completely new bus shelter, as the necessary barrier-free conversion is not possible due to the short bus stop entrance and exit. And secondly, replacing it with a glass and steel construction would have made it necessary to find a new location for the information boxes located in the bus shelter. The compromise proposal now makes it possible, on the one hand, to achieve an improved view and, on the other, to retain eight of the current ten information boxes in the bus shelter.
The solution was praised by all political groups in the community development committee. "We are delighted that our proposal has led to a positive development," said SPD parliamentary group leader Alexander Menke. This shows that viable compromises are possible between the parliamentary groups in Bestwig. CDU parliamentary group leader Alexander Brockhoff emphasised that the solution could now be implemented for "little money" with existing budget funds - replacing the entire bus shelter would have cost at least 70,000 euros. And Judith Clancy (Alliance 90/The Greens) suggested that solutions should be developed more frequently in small joint groups: "It is pleasing to see the results of such commissions and working groups."