German Economy Online: Roadside-BER: displacement of the opening should be before the election have been clear

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a New Disaster for the Berlin capital airport BER: 25 years after the beginning of the planning of the opening has been postponed for the umpteenth Time. Due to new technical problems with the doors in the terminal building in 2017 stands no flyer – Berlin’s governing mayor Michael Müller (SPD) now assume that at least 6.5 billion euros, expensive breakdowns, airport 2018 comes into operation.

Originally, this was supposed to happen already in 2011. In the meantime, the date has been postponed about half a dozen Times. The recent postponement of the Chairman of the Berlin Brandenburg airport GmbH, Karsten mill field, announced on Saturday. “According to the new findings, which I have been informed in the past week, representatives of the shareholders, is the associated risk for the opening of the BER in this year,” he told the German press Agency.

Previously, had declared Berlin’s governing mayor Michael Müller (SPD), which is since about one and a half years, head of the BER Supervisory Board, at a conference of the Berlin SPD parliamentary group in Berlin: “At this point, we are at a point where we must say, 2017 may no longer work with the opening.”

the management of The company must be clear text

According to information from the German press talk of the Agency must be wired in a BER of around 1200 doors. Because if you do not close in the event of a fire properly, is not a sufficient smoke extraction. In addition, there may be modification required to the sprinkler system.

The delay had been coming for longer. Officially, the airport held recently at the schedule for the opening in 2017. The empty Airport consumes each month, 17 million euros operating costs, in addition, rental income of 13 to 14 million.

According to the words of Mühlenfelds to meeting the consequences of the displacement at the next Supervisory Board meeting on March 7. February advice. Müller sees the management of the company have a duty to talk plain text. In addition, a round table with companies involved in scheduled to take place in the Red city hall, with the cooperation of “back” didn’t work. “We will have in the next two weeks, for greater security, where we stand.”

Mueller called on the BER-Board, to say in the first quarter, what is the actual date for the opening you are aiming for, you now. “We broke up for an appointment.” This is for planning security is important, such as the airlines. The Supervisory Board would no longer hold out.

Green criticize Müller

Berlin, head of government, in the light of Progress in the past few years, the opening of the third largest German airport moves beyond the year 2018. “After all, what is now, we are actually in the final round of the completion.” BER partners are the Federal government and the Länder of Berlin and Brandenburg.

Brandenburg airport-coordinator Rainer Bretschneider regretted the postponement of the commissioning. The current information from the airport company but obviously no Alternative, said Bretschneider of the dpa. “Now it comes down to the fact that as soon as possible, resilient clarity on the construction condition and the further steps up to an opening is created.” It should be clearly demanded by the management. The economic need to March a new opening date, said the Deputy chief Executive of the chamber of Commerce and industry Berlin, Christian Wiesenhütter in the RBB”Abendschau”.

The opposition parties in both provinces have criticized mill field and Müller in focus. “The Rumgeeiere in terms of BER in the last weeks and months proves once again that Michael Müller is also overwhelmed in his role as Chairman of the Supervisory Board”, said the Berlin CDU parliamentary leader Florian Graf. FDP parliamentary leader Sebastian Czaja said, Miller has a duty to ensure transparency and clarity with regard to the construction problems at the Airport.

even before the Berlin election on may 18. September was not clear that the BER of 2017 is in operation, said Brandenburg’s Green party parliamentary leader Axel Vogel of the dpa. Because mill field want to damage the Governing mayor of Müller before the election, didn’t, whether it came to the “egg dance” to the opening date. (dpa)

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