From her balcony, she looks a good 60 meters into the abyss, her house is right on the edge of the subway excavation Haymarket.
"I can understand if people are afraid. I too have a queasy feeling about the impending flooding of the pit, "says Anne Schmitges.
"The construction companies, the KVB and the city would have more, faster and above all, honest information about the need to botch", throws it against the parties.
"Everything slice by slice to learn from the EXPRESS, without being informed by the authorities, is not a good use of those directly affected. Moreover, it is said to often by the archive. More importantly, however, that because two people had to leave because of bungling their lives. How could this be, when supposedly everything is fine? "
The 67-year-old retiree has lived for 26 years in the house at the Pipinstraße. From her balcony, she looks for years deep in a hole. Although she was worried about the flooding. "But I'm not really afraid," she says. "I find myself funny. Maybe it's because every day I speak with the workers and just have a feeling that not one those people cheat. "
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"I feel safe," says Matthias Schlecker (31). "The construction sites are the revelations lately probably the bestüberprüften in Germany."
Photo: Sommerfeld
"We are angry because the city and inform us citizens hardly KVB. We are therefore completely insecure, "said Melanie Graf (29) and Jessica Blanke (32).
Photo: Sommerfeld
"I come from the building and I know it. I do not trust any more, "says Bernd Mrotzek (70). "I'm upset because you tried to sell us stupid people!"
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Linda Sieverding (42) from Ehrenfeld is furious: "It is as always: everything is OK, no danger. words fail. "That was, I would almost say a cheek. I feel not a little reassured. "
Hans-Jürgen quite different Zundel (53), who lives in the house. "Of course I'm afraid," he says. "Ideally I would take off." He had abdominal pain, feel the morning rhythmic vibration when being worked in the trench with heavy equipment. "The construction companies are talking out only, no one takes responsibility."
Cologne and many ask questions: When the excavation is flooded Haymarket? Rhine is a critical level of 6.50 meters. The flooding, with 32 million gallons of water would be an additional safeguard, according to city. Before Saturday is not decided about it. The residents will be notified in advance.
Running in a flooded the basements of neighboring houses full? "The water level in the 'closed' pit has no effect on the neighboring houses," said Jochen Keysberg of the Association of the construction companies. Flooding and rising groundwater will not be affected. The city said: "The stability of the houses is considered to be safe."
Why measurement protocols were forged? Keysberg: "It could be that the measurement has failed. About other subjects I want to say anything because of the prosecutor investigations. "
Were indications before the collapse of archive, such as mass-cracks in the houses, ignored? This keeps Stadtdirektior Guido Kahlen least possible: "The cracks in the city archive, we have studied may not be sufficient."
Had the accident with two more controls to prevent dead? KVB chief Juergen Fenske explains: "There was a supervision of the KVB. But whether this was sufficient, I can not say, which is checked ruthlessly. "
Why are after a year cause and culprits are still not fixed? The presumed crash site of the slat 11 is 40 meters deep. To explore a Besichtungskeller it must be built. In order to destroy it, no evidence that they had decided to proceed with the utmost care and for investing more time.
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