Green instead of building

Eco-list against soil erosion wants to conquer the town hall

On January 26, 2025, the political cards will be reshuffled in 568 municipalities in Lower Austria.

(Bild: P. Huber)

A newly founded citizens' list in Berndorf in the Triestingtal valley has taken up the cause of protecting the last soil reserves. It wants to score points in both elections with "a lot of green against building development".

Citizens from Berndorf are now channeling their displeasure at the "threat to natural paradises" by founding their own list. This fight against land grabbing is also the main election campaign motivation of those men and women who are pooling their "ecological forces" to storm the town hall. The group led by top candidate Birgit Müller is already claiming success. A referendum has at least succeeded in saving the Kremesberg from the expansion of a settlement area.

Stopping soil erosion as an election campaign goal - Johanna Haigl, Patrick Steurer, Liselotte Krendelsberger and Birgit Müller (from left)

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/zVg)

Fight against terraced houses
The "Berndorf Citizens' Initiative List" is now focusing on saving the Wankenwiese, where a citizens' vote had also gone against sealing. As reported, there is a threat of concreting over with 91 planned terraced houses.

More doctors also called for
"We finally need a land-sparing zoning policy. Because in times of global warming, nothing is more important than free land to cushion climate change at a regional level," assures Müller, who, together with her fellow campaigners, is also committed to improving medical care in the town in the district of Baden: "There is a lack of GPs in our community. This aspect is also part of the well-being of the population."