Overview
- The Senate says some executing firms bear clear external fault and has begun a damages procedure.
- Costs have reached about €2.2 million, with the cost of filling and surface restoration yet to be added.
- The facility at Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz operated only from autumn 2023 to January 2024 before water damage and was permanently filled in mid-October.
- Repairs were deemed impractical because remediation would have required a much larger work zone for roughly ten months.
- SRH is assessing three above‑ground replacement sites as the CDU presses for full disclosure on acceptance, costs, and oversight responsibilities.