The blue zone is to be introduced throughout Winterthur by 2023. Vogelsang is one of the first quarters. But resistance from local residents is strong.
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The dense parking on Irchelstrasse could soon end. Some residents do not just want to accept that.
Photo: Marc Dahinden
«So far we always had enough parking space. If the city implements its plan, it will be a shortage in our neighborhood, ”says Olaf Schmelter. He lives below the Breite in Vogelsangquartier, where the city wants to introduce the blue zone from this summer. This should then apply throughout the city by 2023. But now there is already resistance in one of the first quarters. Because at least in Vogelsang parking spaces would disappear with the introduction of the blue zone – only a few, according to the city; a good half according to Schmelter’s estimate.
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