Zurich Airport begins with renaturation
From 2025, the section of the Glatt to the west of Zurich Airport between Opfikon and Rümlang will be ecologically upgraded. The revitalization project will create new habitats for plants and animals and promote local recreation. By 2028, a natural watercourse will be created as an attractive recreational area.
The Glatt section on the west side of Zurich Airport is to be ecologically upgraded and renaturalized, according to a press release. The revitalization of the section between Opfikon and Rümlang, which will begin in spring 2025, aims to increase biodiversity and promote local recreation.
The project is intended to compensate for the impact on the landscape caused by several current and planned construction projects as part of the airport expansion. The Glattraum will become an attractive, large-scale recreational area for the population.
The Glattraum Rümlang/Oberglatt landscape development concept drawn up by the canton of Zurich serves as a basis. It envisages an overall measure to enhance the Glatt instead of several small projects. This would result in “a coherent project that serves landscape protection as well as nature and species conservation”.
Specifically, the section from Tolwäng to Fromatt is to be given a natural watercourse. In addition, the watercourse area is to be doubled in order to create more habitats for plants and animals. The revitalization project is to be implemented between 2025 and 2028.