The residential areas around Swindonstrasse and Kampstrasse/Saldersche Strasse are to be made fit for the future. The participation of the people in the neighborhoods is an important component of this task.

The city of Salzgitter is using preparatory studies to determine the extent of the need for redevelopment and improvement in the neighborhoods.

To this end, events and surveys were held this year to collect ideas and listen to suggestions, questions and criticism. Following the kick-off event in the Kranichgymnasium auditorium on 5 July 2023, an online survey, discussions with representatives of social and educational institutions as well as commercial enterprises and the neighborhood talks in September 2023, the measures forum will follow on 9 November 2023.

The city council has approved preparatory studies for the neighborhoods around Kampstrasse - Saldersche Strasse and Swindonstrasse. Over the next few months, the aim is to examine whether there is a need for redevelopment and change and whether this area can then be designated as a redevelopment area. This is the case if so-called urban development deficiencies are identified.

Urban development problems exist, for example, when public squares and green spaces or playgrounds need to be renovated or buildings in the area under investigation need to be refurbished, etc.

The participation of the people in the neighborhood is a first step in the preparatory studies: an exchange about the strengths and weaknesses of the neighborhood is just as important for the analysis as cooperation with all the people in the neighborhood.

The results of the preparatory studies then form the basis for the decision as to whether the identified deficits can be remedied with the help of an urban redevelopment measure. It may then be possible to access urban development funding (federal and state of Lower Saxony program) for the implementation of the designed measures within the redevelopment area.

The city of Salzgitter has commissioned the planning offices plan zwei from Hanover and PLANUNGSGRUPPE STADTBÜRO from Dortmund to draw up the preparatory studies. Both offices have many years of varied experience in the preparation of urban renewal and redevelopment projects.

The results of the preparatory studies should be available by the end of 2023.