The contentious wall in Bridel, nicknamed the Berlin Wall, has finally been torn down. With it gone, the area's new urban planning rules will permit walls of no more than 80 centimetres in height.
About a year and a half after work halted on a construction site in the Cité Worré area of Bridel, the illegally erected wall has now been demolished.
The homeowner had breached the building permit issued by the municipality and, according to the architect, had decided to fill in the slope behind the house with overly high concrete walls.
The mayor had warned at the time that the municipal authorities would take legal action if the wall was not removed, but that now appears unnecessary.
The architect for the property developer told RTL that the wall would disappear entirely and that no other wall would take its place. Behind the house, the land will stay flat for roughly 20 metres before sloping down towards the forest at a 30-degree angle.
According to the municipality, the new general development plan (PAG) for Kopstal is in its final phase and is awaiting only the go-ahead from the Home Affairs Ministry. Under the new plan, walls will no longer be allowed to reach 1.5 metres, with the limit set instead at 80 centimetres.
