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The water sports center with a restaurant on the top floor is under construction on the left bank. At the other end of the pier 180 meters long, so to speak, is the branch of the restaurant. (Bild: PD)

There are not many attractive restaurants on the shores of the lake. From time to time, we are talking about new lakeside restaurants, but so far all plans have been disappointed. With the planned Marina Tiefenbrunnen, there are now two new premises, from which you can enjoy the view of the lake and the Glarus Alps. On the shore, just outside the Tiefenbrunnen station, a four-story water sports center with a top-floor restaurant is under construction. It is followed by the mole 180 meters long and 17 meters wide, at the end of which a branch of the restaurant must be built, a refreshment bar, as it was called during the presentation of the architecture competition on friday. The hangout will have 100 seats inside and 60 outside. In 1965, plans for the marina were still bleak: the city said that due to limited financial resources, the project was not based solely on municipal funds. achieve. At 90 million francs at that time estimated the cost. In the meantime, not only has the necessary credit been reduced to less than half; There is also a simple company with a private participation, which wants to realize the project. In addition to the city, the Kibag, furniture and fusion of the three sailing clubs of Zurich are also involved. The four partners have to bear the costs of a quarter each.

The water sports center nearby. (Photo: PD)

Initially, this sponsoring organization conducted an architectural competition, which was won by the firm of Waldrap and Pechmann landscape architects from Zurich. The team found "a clear and simple answer" for the task of the competition, according to the jury report. The water sports center is with its narrow side to the lake, which allows the least drying possible for boats and neighbors behind the lake view. The actual port facility has been specified with a dimension of 150 to 200 meters. The contest brought the realization of the marina closer, said the city council André Odermatt before the media.

Cancel buoys

The new establishment has three main tasks: Through the publicly accessible dock and the improvement of the riverbank, the area is more attractive to the population, the conditions for water sports are considerably improved and many buoys can continue in the city. to be lifted. Overall, the number of boat berths does not increase, they are simply relocated. There will be 400 seats in total; 100 will be moved from the existing system to the Tiefenbrunnen, and another 300 from the buoys in the Zurich Lake Basin. This change corresponds to the Seebecken mission statement, which the city and the canton developed together.

Whoever builds by the lake or even on the lake needs a cantonal concession and pays the corresponding fees. This applies to each pier, but also, for example, the temporary globe, which exceeds a few meters in the Limmat. With an installation as big as the Marina Tiefenbrunnen, the costs are high and expensive. According to initial calculations, each of the 400 posts would have had to pay around CHF 2,000 a year for cantonal expenses alone.

The director of the cantonal building Markus Kägi announced Friday a considerable discount at the press conference: Because it is also in the interest In the canton, by posing the seats of buoys, we arrive to the operators. Annual contributions now amount to about one third of the initial value and amount to 250,000 francs a year. At the same time, however, the canton intends to impose a profit limit of up to 5% to the private companies involved in the port, as explained by Mr. Kaegi.

City Council is on the ball

If everything goes as planned, the facility can be opened in five years. Previously, based on the results of the competition, the design plan has now been prepared. The city council will have to deal with three stores, probably in 2020, in addition to the design plan, it 's about the city' s participation in the sponsorship and the granting of the construction rights of the city. factory.

Today, the situation on the lake shore behind Tiefenbrunnen station is relatively confusing. In a second phase, they want to clean the area, as stated Odermatt city council. The water police must be moved from its current location and concentrated on another area outside the water sports center. This will make room for the expansion of the current park.