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Pressrelease: 27

Further investments in sports infrastructure planned

3.3 million euros flow into the renovation and modernisation of the sports forum

The city of Chemnitz is planning to provide an additional €3.3 million for the refurbishment of the sports centre in the upcoming double budget. Of this, €1.8 million will be used to replace the funding for the refurbishment of the main stadium that was originally planned but not approved. The overall project is worth 6.4 million euros. The Marathon Tower is also to be refurbished at a cost of 2.1 million euros, of which 1.5 million euros will come from the city's own funds. The Olympic training centre is to find a new home here.

The necessary own funds will be freed up by the inclusion of the Fire Brigade Technical Centre in the funding programme under the Saxon Investment Strengthening Act ("Saxony" budget). The previously planned measure "City centre ring road, revision - Theaterstraße/Brückenstraße" will have to be cancelled as it cannot be implemented within the funding period until 2020 due to the planned parallel construction of the rainwater overflow basin in Brückenstraße.

In addition to the technical fire brigade centre (€6.25 million), the following projects are to be carried out instead

  • renovation/reconstruction of the Pleißenbach engineering structure (Matthesstrasse/Schloßteichstrasse) totalling EUR 3.0 million and the
  • 0.75 million for the refurbishment/restoration of the hydraulic engineering structures at the castle pond.

will be included in the funding programme.

Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig explains: "With the new own funds that have been released, we are taking a major step in the Sportforum, which will primarily benefit Chemnitz's athletes. With the Marathon Tower and, above all, the main stadium, two measures are now being tackled whose necessity is obvious to everyone. In the case of the Marathon Tower in particular, there is a conflict between monument protection and the lack of sporting utilisation to date. With the new location for the Olympic training centre, we have found a sensible use. A possible demolition is therefore off the table. In the past, the acquisition of funding for the main stadium has unfortunately always failed, which is also due to the lack of support. Apparently, the German Athletics Association does not prioritise the Chemnitz athletes. The successes of recent years show a different picture."