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The Federal Environment Agency, currently based in Vienna, has moved to Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria. "The final decision was made," Environment Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP) said Friday at a press conference. The new and expensive 57 million euro new construction project is already financed, notably thanks to the liquidity injection from the province of Lower Austria.
It is planned to completely dissolve the four offices and laboratories located in the federal capital. This will move about 500 employees into the new headquarters, which is expected to be completed in 2023. Only the so-called ring test facility in Handelskai remains in the capital.
The city of Vienna had tried to keep the office in Vienna until recently. Councilor Ulli Sima (SPÖ) had repeatedly submitted land proposals to the federal government. However, this did not suit the requirements of the planned new building, Köstinger said. The most recently proposed area in Floridsdorf – at U1 Aderklaaer Straße – would have been a bigger trip for employees than for Klosterneuburg.
Exact location always open
In Klosterneuburg, the new Federal Agency for the Environment (UBA) is expected to arrive, is still open. There are currently three options, said CEO Georg Rebernig. The final decision is expected in the spring of 2019 i.a. according to aspects such as transport links or construction criteria. For the staff, it should – keyword shuttles – a "package", promised Köstinger.
"It is important for us that employees are involved," said the minister. We are already in discussion with the company committee and confident in the fact that they can submit the corresponding offers. In addition, about 500 UBA employees were informed on Friday along with the relocation press conference in about five years.
Köstinger and Rebernig stressed in unison that a refurbishment of the current headquarters in Spittelauer Lände would cost much more than a new building – all the more so as the Vienna headquarters is a building the Klosterneuburg head office will, however, belong to the Office. "We had that calculated by the accountants," badured the minister. Rebernig said that there had been discussions with the Vienna City Hall, "but apparently it is difficult in Vienna to find a location for a building of this size near the city center".
More specifically, 56.8 million euros are budgeted for the new building in Lower Austria. 35 million will be provided by the ministry, 12 million will come from the province of Lower Austria and the remaining 9,8 million will be provided by the UBA itself, but the city of Vienna has made no commitment reimbursement, Köstinger said.
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