Society for the promotion of environmentally friendly road and traffic planning

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Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Sound Road and Transport Planning e. V.
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legal form registered association
founding 1980
Seat Munich , Germany
purpose environmentally friendly transport concepts and their implementation
Chair Rolf Crone
Managing directors Klaus HR Wild
Members about 250
Website www.gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de

The Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Sound Road and Transport Planning (GSV) is a German lobby association for the road construction industry. According to its own information, the aim of the GSV is to campaign for the implementation of the 700 bypasses listed in the current Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan across Germany with a volume of 11.5 billion euros by 2015. Furthermore, the GSV is committed to closing gaps in the motorway network.

history

The association was founded in Bonn in 1980. There it is entered in the register of associations AG Bonn under the number 20VR4589. The office is located in Munich.

Club work

Panorama (ARD) reported on the GSV as early as 1998, and in 2003 also the Westfälische Rundschau and the Spiegel . According to Spiegel, the GSV "currently looks after 150 projects". The 220 members of the GSV include politicians (from local councils to Bundestag politicians), cities and municipalities as well as citizens' initiatives . They can get advice on transport policy from the GSV for a small fee. Citizens' initiatives in particular can also benefit from the good contacts in society and the small financial injections. The GSV publishes the magazine Verkehr + Umwelt , which it distributes to its members and in the Bundestag. The Traffic + Environment is also a mouthpiece of the lobby group Pro mobility .

financing

The actual funding comes from the Association for Environmentally Sound Road and Transport Planning (FSV), which has 150 members. Companies in the construction industry and building materials industry (such as STRABAG and HeidelbergerCement AG ) as well as the large automobile groups and suppliers (such as Volkswagen and 3M ) pay in here . In addition, the GSV receives membership fees and, as a registered non-profit association, is the recipient of fines. The annual budget of the GSV in 2008 was 75,000 euros. So far, the GSV has only met the request of Lobby Control and other associations to disclose the financing. The GSV writes on its website that it is economically independent.

Board members of the funding association

  • Rolf Crone (Chair)
  • Renè Kühn, lecturer and municipal consultancy
  • Klaus HR Wild, executive board member
  • Peter Fuss
  • Volker Kock
  • Willi Johannes

GSV-supported citizens' initiatives

Der Spiegel reported that the GSV not only supports citizens' initiatives pro road construction, but also partially initiates their establishment; This is what happened, for example, with the “Citizens 'Initiative Environmentally Friendly A73 Motorway ” or the “Citizens' Campaign for the East Bypass” in Celle .

The Karben citizens' initiative “Northern bypass now” on the B 3 also had contacts with the GSV. Shortly before her announced entry into the GSV, however, this lobby connection came into the press and the citizens' initiative tried to distance itself from it in a hurry.

In Upper Franconia, the GSV is lobbying for the so-called " Fichtelgebirgsautobahn " (B 303).

In Obing , she supports the citizens' initiative “L (i) ebenswerte Obing”, which campaigns for a bypass.

The association “Yes to A 94 e. V. “refers to the GSV on its homepage.

The lobbying work of the “ Initiative Pro B15 new ”, which was founded in Landshut in April 2013 and which itself does not collect membership fees, is financed by the GSV.

According to its own statements, the GSV also stood by the citizens' initiative VEO (VerkehrsEntlastOberau) "from the beginning [...] to support the side [...]" and "was able to provide valuable tips for targeted actions" for the implementation of the Oberau bypass (B 2 ).

The citizens' initiative Pro bypass Winden in the Elztal was also supported. The cooperation with her was characterized as "trusting and friendly".

GSV-approved projects

The GSV supports the following construction projects, among others:

GSV representative

People who take on functions in the GSV as so-called state representatives were almost all of them previously heads of road construction offices and, according to critics, have excellent contacts in the offices. The chairman of the company is Rolf Crone, who until April 2003 was ministerial director and head of the road construction department in the Hessian Ministry of Transport. Further board members of the GSV are not yet known despite the public request of various associations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GSV Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V: How to contact us . Online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Dr. Anton Hofreiter, Member of the German Bundestag: Background information ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). September 4, 2007. PDF. Online at www.toni-hofreiter.de. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ GSV Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V: We - the GSV e. V. - about us. . Online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ GSV Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V: Imprint . Online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b "Citizens' initiatives for more roads - asphalt lobby finances its own supporter scene" (Panorama from November 19, 1998)
  6. ↑ A road for the environment . In: Der Spiegel . No. 21 , 2003 ( online ).
  7. ↑ a b Asphalt lobby GSV: A completely normal club? (Climate lie detector April 29, 2009)
  8. ^ Lobbyism well camouflaged (Deutschlandfunk, November 22, 2008)
  9. ↑ Citizens' initiative "Nordumgehung Jetzt" had contacts with the GSV ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nordumgehung-jetzt.de
  10. ↑ The BI against the Fichtelgebirgsautobahn provides information about the GSV
  11. ↑ "Yes to A 94 e. V. “: Links , online at www.ja-zur-a94.de, accessed on October 8, 2017.
  12. ^ BR: A ​​"citizens' initiative" of the road construction lobby, audio contribution by Heiner Müller, BR Bayernchronik Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 11:05 am, September 6, 2014. ( Memento from November 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Pro B15 new: "The initiative - Financing Initiative" . Online at www.pro-b15neu.de. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  14. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V .: Oberau bypass (B 2) on the home straight. , September 2, 2015, online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de, accessed on September 23, 2017.
  15. ↑ Citizens' initiative Pro bypass Winden im Elztal: Article by Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V. , online at www.pro-umführung- spoken.de, accessed on October 10, 2017.
  16. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V .: Joy and relief from the citizens' initiative “Pro bypass Winden im Elztal” - Federal Transport Minister releases funds , August 26, 2015, online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de, accessed on October 10, 2017.
  17. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V .: Oberau bypass (B 2) on the home straight. , September 2, 2015, online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de, accessed on September 23, 2017.
  18. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V .: Broad alliance for the expansion of the B 11 , June 5, 2015, online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de, accessed on September 23, 2017.
  19. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V .: First step for the west bypass Rosenheim. , October 13, 2015, online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de, accessed on September 23, 2017.
  20. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V .: News about B 15 , March 22, 2016, online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de, accessed on September 23, 2017.
  21. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V .: Weihmichl (B 299): bypassing is mandatory. , November 6, 2014, online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de, accessed on September 23, 2017.
  22. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Road and Transport Planning e. V .: A94 information event for the mayors in Inntal27 , November 27, 2014, online at gsv-verkehrundumwelt.de, accessed on September 23, 2017.
  23. ↑ The game of hide and seek in the asphalt lobby must be ended (joint press release by Lobbycontrol, the North Hesse Transport Action Group and the VCD -Landesverband Elbe-Saale)