Urdorf defines 2030 property strategy
The Urdorf municipal council has approved the Urdorf 2030 property strategy. The property strategy is reviewed by the municipal council every five years and updated in line with new findings.
According to a statement, the Urdorf municipal council has approved the Urdorf 2030 property strategy. The specific development planning and investment requirements will be reviewed and concretised as part of project developments and in coordination with the users’ requirements planning. The corresponding projects will be developed from 2025 onwards and submitted for decision-making in accordance with the competences in the municipal ordinance, according to the municipality’s press release. The detailed report can be viewed and downloaded online. The construction measures set out in the report, whether renovation, new construction or extension, could cost up to 110 million Swiss francs, spread over the coming years and decades.
It also lists all the individual measures and the timetable, from schools and kindergartens to structural changes to the fire brigade or the municipal administration. The idea of consolidating them in a single large municipal building in the centre was rejected. The municipal council and planners set two time horizons for concrete planning and subsequent construction: from 2025 to 2029 and from 2030 to 2033.
The municipality conducted an online consultation from 15 December 2023 to 15 January 2024 to record the needs relating to the municipal properties. A total of 444 people took part. In August, the Urdorf municipal council then presented the key points of the property strategy to the population at a public event in the centre hall.
According to the report now presented, the property portfolio of the municipality of Urdorf comprises a total of 69 properties in the buildings category. 35 of these are administrative assets and one property is part of the municipality’s financial assets.