Wigoltingen TG lets property disappear from plan – owner in fear
“Help, my house is gone!”
A large area is to be built over near the train station in Wigoltingen TG. The house of Caroline Roat (60) disappears from the future plan. Now she fears for her future.
Published: 20 minutes ago
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Caroline Roat in front of her house in Wigoltingen TG.
Sandro Zulianreporter news
In the two Thurgau communities of Müllheim and Wigoltingen they have big plans. The “Wigoltingen Innovation Park” is to be built near the train station. Two other major projects are also planned. The dimensions are gigantic: 80,000 square meters of meadows and fields are to be almost completely built over in the next 30 years.
Those responsible at Eckhaus AG presented the population with several plans, so-called visions. In December last year, almost 150 citizens gathered in the multi-purpose hall in Wigoltingen.
Resident Caroline Roat (60) also attended the event – and was shocked. Her house is still marked on the “Development by 2025” plan. In the visualization “Development until 2040”, on the other hand, it simply disappeared. Instead, a gigantic new building is drawn on their property (see graphic).
“I just thought, ‘Hello?! Help, my house is gone,” says the former postal worker to Blick. She lives with her husband (63) and their son (29) in a single-family house. This has belonged to the family since the mid-1980s. It lies between mills and silos on the Chemebach. Only: what will become of it?
Roat says that those responsible have allayed her worries and replied that the plan was not final. Expropriation is not an issue. But Roat had an uneasy feeling.
Plan for the future has already cost 120,000 francs
Wigoltingen’s mayor, Sonja Wiesmann (56), who is also responsible for construction in the community, calms the conversation with a look: “This is not about anything legally valid.” The present vision is only about being able to assess to what extent the innovation park and the other projects could affect traffic. This “thought about the future” has already cost the voters 120,000 francs to date.
She can understand the displeasure of individual citizens, she says. Nevertheless: “There were 150 people at this information event. Only three of them have a problem with it.” In addition to Roat, there are two other homeowners who would rather not give way to a large development.
Caroline Roat doesn’t trust the community’s attempts to calm her down. She is afraid that she will soon be forced to give up her house. In view of Wiesmann’s statements, Roat should see his statement confirmed. She says: “I don’t feel recognized by the community!”