Communication with public stakeholders on the femern link project in Germany
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| − | In the past | + | In the past large construction projects in Germany lead to conflicts between the public community and the project representatives. During the process of approving the permission for construction these conflicts caused long delays, a raise in costs and decreased the public acceptance. |
| − | The femern link including the construction of 97 km of high-speed | + | The femern link including the construction of 97 km of high-speed railway tracks in north Germany is one of the biggest construction projects in Europe in planning. |
To avoid conflicts with public stakeholders the german federal ministry of transportation and the Deutsche Bahn, both stakeholders with financier interests, invented new ways of involving opponents. | To avoid conflicts with public stakeholders the german federal ministry of transportation and the Deutsche Bahn, both stakeholders with financier interests, invented new ways of involving opponents. | ||
As in earlier project public opponents had been something to let layers take care about, the newest way of dealing with opponents is to involve and listen to them in order to find a compromise. | As in earlier project public opponents had been something to let layers take care about, the newest way of dealing with opponents is to involve and listen to them in order to find a compromise. | ||
| − | So called dialog forums | + | So called dialog forums as a dialog on a partnership basis was established. The former stakeholders used to only support formal enquiries and fact finding hearings but to encourage the public debate and to reduce the opponent force the project team also organizes public meetings with citizen and municipality representatives. The current development and the progress in planning is constantly published on the website as well as on public meetings. |
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| + | That ables the public stakeholder to object their comments at a point of time when the planning is still able to be transformed on an easier way. | ||
Revision as of 19:27, 14 September 2017
Abstract
In the past large construction projects in Germany lead to conflicts between the public community and the project representatives. During the process of approving the permission for construction these conflicts caused long delays, a raise in costs and decreased the public acceptance.
The femern link including the construction of 97 km of high-speed railway tracks in north Germany is one of the biggest construction projects in Europe in planning.
To avoid conflicts with public stakeholders the german federal ministry of transportation and the Deutsche Bahn, both stakeholders with financier interests, invented new ways of involving opponents. As in earlier project public opponents had been something to let layers take care about, the newest way of dealing with opponents is to involve and listen to them in order to find a compromise.
So called dialog forums as a dialog on a partnership basis was established. The former stakeholders used to only support formal enquiries and fact finding hearings but to encourage the public debate and to reduce the opponent force the project team also organizes public meetings with citizen and municipality representatives. The current development and the progress in planning is constantly published on the website as well as on public meetings.
That ables the public stakeholder to object their comments at a point of time when the planning is still able to be transformed on an easier way.
