Municipal Transport Development Plan for Bad Zurzach

The Comprehensive Municipal Transport Development Plan (CMTDP) is a new planning instrument that is provided for in the Canton of Aargau’s Cantonal Development Act. The purpose of the CMTDP is to enable the early detection of development challenges and to protect municipalities against the negative consequences of uncoordinated settlement development.

The completion of the planned bypass on the east side of Bad Zurzach will introduce a brand new traffic and urban development situation for the municipality. The development potential introduced by the bypass and the associated reduction in village traffic, as well as the measures that will be necessary to secure reduced traffic for the long term, are to be outlined in the CMTDP. In addition to this, the CMTDP will represent an important basis for the upcoming revision of the cantonal Development and Utilisation Directive (BNO).

The scope of the services provided by EBP in connection with the project included a comprehensive analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, risks and opportunities associated with areas that have relevance to the settlement and to traffic, as well as the outlining of appropriate aims for the municipality’s future development. Based on the analysis of the current situation and the project’s goals, specific areas in need of action were identified and corresponding measures were drafted in the form of action sheets and sub-plans. The drafting of the CMTDP was carried out in close consultation with a stakeholder committee comprised of representatives from the community and the municipality government. EBP organised various meetings and workshops in this connection. Following the public hearing, the CMTDP was approved by the Canton of Aargau in the autumn of 2013.