The city of Düren, a large medium-sized town in North Rhine-Westphalia with around 92,000 inhabitants, is planning the creative and functional reorganization of the area between the southern exit of the station and the StadtCenter ("urban redevelopment south of the railway") as part of a "city center master plan". The subject of this procedure is the allocation of planning and monitoring services to a general planner for the project "Urban redevelopment south of the railway" in Düren (based on the HOAI service profiles for open and traffic facilities and engineering structures, service phases 1 to 9).
The planning and monitoring services are to be commissioned in various planning packages in stages. The construction work will be carried out in several construction phases.
The area south of the train station in Düren shows various deficits that make a redesign necessary.
The creative and functional reorganization of the area between the southern exit of the station and the city center is one of the most important key projects of the integrated action plan for downtown Düren and is being promoted as a measure for urban development and renewal.
The reorganization results in new building options, which allow the entire area to be given a new urban function. To control urban development, the city of Düren has drawn up the development plan no. 01/377 "Southern station district between Josef-Schregel-Strasse and Lagerstrasse". The main aim of the project is to restore the connection between the Düren train station and the city center and develop a completely new quarter. The core elements of the project are the redesign of the existing southern station forecourt, the planning of a promenade and the design of the Langemarck Park as well as the conversion of street areas in the vicinity of the station, which are intended to put the new future quarter into context. The aim is a high-quality and attractive redesign of the public space into an urban, multifunctional structure with a high quality of stay and functional routing for all road users. In addition to the high-quality design, which should contribute to the upgrading of the entire planning area and strengthening of the city center, the idea of innovation is essential for the planning. Against the background of climate-friendly urban redevelopment, the topic of rainwater management in particular should be included in the planning.
Due to the redesign in the planning area, the current drainage situation must also be changed. Due to the very limited capacity of the public rainwater sewer, the area cannot be connected to the existing rainwater sewer network and will have to be throttled into the nearby mill pond in the future. The resulting wastewater can be transferred to the existing sewer system.