The future presentation of the legacy of the former GDR uranium producer Wismut will have to be smaller. Contrary to earlier plans, there will be no new building at the site in Ronneburg in eastern Thuringia, said Julia Dünkel, Managing Director of the responsible Wismut subsidiary. An architectural competition could not be financed. "We will build in the existing building and also reduce the area of the project."
The reason for this is that the budget set by Saxony, Thuringia and the federal government in an administrative agreement before 2021 could no longer cover the original plans. Dünkel cited huge increases in the expected construction costs as the reason for the cutbacks. Newspapers from Funke Medien Thüringen had first reported this. A spokesperson for the Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure made it clear that the budget could not be increased in view of the state budget: the concept would have to be adjusted so that the previous sum was sufficient.
