Wheelchair dilemma: gross gravel causes trouble in Bad Pyrmont!

Wheelchair dilemma: gross gravel causes trouble in Bad Pyrmont!

Bad Pyrmont, Deutschland - In Bad Pyrmont, a new covering on the main avenue causes resentment and challenges. The redesign of the footpaths came after cable laying work carried out by a company commissioned by Westconnect. At a section in front of house number 7 to the Südstraße, gross, greyish gravel was laid instead of the usual fine -grained, yellowish gravel, with which the avenue is sprinkled before the start of the season. Ute Meeßen, a wheelchair user, comments concerned about this change. "I'm worried that my wheelchair is damaged by the new surface," she says. The resident lives opposite the Welger car dealership and uses the path regularly.

also her neighbor, Heidemarie Bergmann, who uses a walker, now avoids this route. Both senior citizens demand that the gravel are better pushed into the ground by a roller to make use easier. The city of Bad Pyrmont has now confirmed that the underground has not been returned to its original condition and has asked West Connect to remedy this. Während die Stadtverwaltung keine weiteren Maßnahmen plant, trägt Westconnect die Kosten für die Mängelbeseitigung.

fiber optic expansion in Bad Pyrmont

Zusätzlich zu diesen Herausforderungen wird derzeit in Bad Pyrmont der Ausbau des Glasfasernetzes vorangetrieben. Westconnect has set the official groundbreaking in Schulstraße 31, corner on the Friedhofsweg. The expansion initially focuses on the west of the city. Mayor Klaus Blome underlines the importance of broadband infrastructure, especially for the economic development of rural spaces. Haushalte und Betriebe können sich über einen kostenlosen Anschluss freuen, was Einsparungen von rund 1.500 Euro bedeuten kann.

The nationwide fiber optic expansion is determined as an important goal of the Federal Government in the coalition agreement. An accelerating law to improve approval processes ensures that the implementation of mobile phone and fiber optic networks is treated as a "outstanding public interest". This brings the advantage that unspoken areas can be connected to the network faster, which is particularly important for Germany.

The current efforts in fiber optic expansion already have an effect. Almost 99 percent of households in Germany have access to a broadband connection with at least 16 megabits per second, and the number of households that have gigabit connections is now 76.5 percent. With this offensive strategy, not only the digital infrastructure is to be improved, but also the future of rural regions is to be strengthened.