Simplified Construction of Old Railway Areas

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The Bundestag has passed an amendment to the General Railway Act, paving the way for the Stuttgart Rosenstein urban development project. The city administration announced this. The new regulation facilitates the conversion of former railway land for housing and urban development projects. Mayor Frank Nopper expressed relief at the decision. Up to 5,700 apartments for around 10,000 people are to be built on the 85-hectare site of the former termi…

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On late Thursday evening, the reform of the § 23 General Railway Act was decided by a majority of the votes of the government coalition to allow housing on earlier railway surfaces.

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Many municipalities are looking for unused railway areas to create housing there. So far, it is legally difficult to build there. A new law is intended to change this.

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This week, the Bundestag decided to amend Section 23 of the General Railway Act (AEG), which in particular provides important facilities for cities and municipalities. The aim of the draft law of the coalition factions of CDU/CSU and SPD is to create more flexibility in the exemption of railway surfaces for other purposes, such as housing. With the AEG-Novelle of December 2023, the de-distribution of railway plots was considerably more difficult…