Wiesbaden – It gets serious: Saturday at 12 o’clock the Salzbachtal bridge is to be blown up. For many in the region, it is a spectacle as well as an excursion destination. A real fear factor for the residents of the hammer mill 250 m away!
“Anything can happen,” says light designer Björn Friebe (41), for example. “It may be that we can go back at 6pm. But also, not for the next two weeks. Because it has to be clarified whether the mill may be in danger of collapsing due to the pressure wave. “Then maybe not even allowed to go back:” Because then – like the bridge – it might be cheaper to tear it down, “Friebe fears.
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Even more, however, the 25 or so hammer mill residents fear exposure to dust and fine dust after the blast: “The situation is very worrying – if only because of possible exposure to toxic substances,” complains student Areek Mulhi (34). Nobody really knows whether substances like asbestos are to be expected.
Ms. Mulhi: “There were samples taken by the federal government, but they are not publicly available. The possible effects on kitchen gardens or nature in the Salzbachtal were not investigated at all. “
Wait for the big bang so that the new building can start: the Salzbachtal bridge along the A66
Neighbor Miriam, who has lived in the mill for four years, hits the same line: “We are extremely worried. Above all, that everything takes a long time for us, we don’t know anything about possible pollutants. “
It is true that the federally owned “Autobahn AG” responsible for the detonation declares that the bridge is free of toxins such as asbestos or PCB – as samples had shown. In addition, dust measurements would be made at the hammer mill, later follow-up measurements for pollutants.
That doesn’t really reassure the residents of the hammer mill: They are considering taking samples themselves after the demolition.