Grünheide Mayor Arne Christiani has written a letter outlining an up to date proposal for Tesla Giga Berlin’s deliberate enlargement. The brand new proposal would contain Tesla chopping considerably fewer timber than initially meant, amongst different issues. The proposal comes after the residents of Grünheide voted to disclaim Tesla’s request to filter out one other 100 hectares of monoculture forest from the world.
Giga Berlin’s forest clearing actions have attracted criticism for the reason that facility’s earliest days. Extra lately, anti-Tesla protesters have even gone as far as to construct treehouses to point out their defiance of the EV maker’s tree-clearing plans. What has been misplaced through the years, nevertheless, is the truth that the timber within the Giga Berlin complicated usually are not a pure forest. As a substitute, it’s a tree farm that’s initially meant for use for cardboard, as famous by Elon Musk again in 2020.
Giga Berlin / GF4 will completely be designed with sustainability and the setting in thoughts
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 25, 2020
Regardless of this, Tesla’s tree-clearing actions have remained controversial. This got here to a head lately when Grünheide residents had been requested to vote for or towards Giga Berlin’s deliberate enlargement, which might, unsurprisingly, contain extra of the monoculture forest being lower down. In the end, residents determined to vote towards the EV maker’s plans. However in his letter, Grünheide Mayor Christiani famous that Tesla might modify its plans in order that much less of the tree farm can be lower down.
Following is a translated model of the Grünheide Mayor’s letter.
After the vote of the residents of #Grünheide towards clearing one other 100 ha at #GigaBerlin, a brand new sketch for an adjusted growth plan has been printed.
This might make all deliberate infrastructure tasks potential, whereas saving 70 ha of forest.https://t.co/ID3FDn5z0n pic.twitter.com/0A7g611MsI
— Tobias Lindh (@tobilindh) March 14, 2024
Pricey residents,
Pricey municipal representatives,
To start with, I wish to thanks all for the excessive degree of participation within the residents’ survey.
The results of the residents’ survey on the submitted B-Plan No. 60 was clear to us, and we respect the opinions expressed.
Why is B-Plan No. 60 so necessary?
For my part, B-Plan No. 60 is urgently wanted, as in any other case, the required transport infrastructure tasks can’t be carried out within the foreseeable future, which might have appreciable damaging penalties for our group and the setting.
What has been tailored?
1. Preservation of 70.3 ha of Forest
The first planning goal is to protect as a lot of the forest as potential on the world lined by growth Plan No. 60. To this finish, round 47 ha, which was initially deliberate as industrial land, is now designated as forest land. Along with additional forest areas, that are secured by a planting dedication, a complete of round 70.3 ha of forest will now be preserved. The adjusted planning is thus meant to take account of your needs and be certain that the forest is preserved so far as potential beneath planning regulation.
2. State Roads and Items Station
The present site visitors infrastructure can’t address the foreseeable quantity of site visitors. The opposite major planning targets are the creation of a planning regulation for the tailored and optimized planning of the state roads L 386 (as a reduction for the prevailing L 38) and L 23, in addition to for the potential realization of a company-owned items station. This freight depot is the required prerequisite for the truth that important volumes of site visitors could be dealt with by rail, which can significantly cut back the amount of site visitors on the roads in our districts.
Opposite to the frequent assertion that the development of a freight station would even be potential on the prevailing web site of the electrical automotive producer, it should be stated that this isn’t potential as a result of relocation of a Deutsche Bahn change to the east and subsequently as a result of technical railroad necessities. This additionally requires an adjustment to the planning for the L 386 already established in B-Plan No. 13, 1st modification.
The unique intention of the planning to considerably broaden the operational space for the Gigafactory is now lowered to a small extent and solely made potential to the extent that the connection of the manufacturing facility premises to the L 386 can happen.
One other incessantly voiced assertion that the institution of growth Plan no. 60 was meant to create a prerequisite for growing manufacturing capacities should even be rejected! This was by no means the goal of the planning! It was merely a matter of making further storage and logistics area in addition to the opportunity of accommodating employee-related amenities. The latter amenities have now been utterly omitted. Areas for storage and logistics might be considerably shriveled.
The general public and authorities might be consulted once more on the amended draft of B-Plan No. 60 from 21.03.2024 to 04.04.2024 in accordance with Part 4a (3) BauGB.
For you and our municipality of Grünheide (Mark).
Arne Christiani
Mayor
Under are the up to date plans for Tesla Giga Berlin’s proposed enlargement.
Entwurf BPlan Gemeinde Gr Nheide Mark by Simon Alvarez on Scribd
Mayor Christiani’s letter could be seen beneath.
Erkl Rung B Plan Gem.gr Nheide Mark by Simon Alvarez on Scribd
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