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Expensive new sports facility now stands in the way of public transport

The athletics facility at the Linz police sports ground was inaugurated with much pomp and fanfare on August 30, 2022. Now, however, there are already plans to rebuild, dismantle or even demolish it.(Bild: Max Mayrhofer)

Millions of taxpayers' money is at stake, a question of priorities and, of course, whether foresighted planning could have prevented an expensive oopsie. In Linz, there is the threat of a prank involving a new sports facility, which became known due to the refugee crisis and stands in the way of a future project.

Are we on the verge of a multi-million euro prank? The virtually new athletics base on Derfflingerstrasse in Linz - known as the site for the refugee tent camp in 2015 - is at least partially in the way of the planned regional light rail system. More precisely, the bus.