Innovation Campus development - preparations for new footpath and cycle path continue
09.02.2026 – Due to the ongoing development work for the Innovation Campus and the preparation of the new pedestrian and cycle path leading into the city along Mühlheimer Straße, preparatory measures are required. This also includes necessary tree felling work.
In January, civil engineering work began in preparation for the new footpath and cycle path along Mühlheimer Straße. Among other things, this includes laying empty conduits for the new and rerouting of supply lines. Some of these have to be relocated from the new planned right-turn lane, which will lead from Mühlheimer Straße to the Innovation Campus in future, to the north into the new final footpath and cycle path. As a result, tree felling work will now be necessary on the Innovation Campus site along Mühlheimer Straße - a total of eight trees will have to be felled.
The affected trees were professionally assessed by a tree expert. It was determined that the necessary interventions in the ground - particularly in the root zone - are so significant that the permanent stability and long-term survival of the trees cannot be guaranteed.
Another tree will also be felled in the area of the access road via Kettelerstrasse. This is necessary in order to lay a channel for the throttled drainage of rainwater from the eastern area of the Innovation Campus into the Kuhmühlgraben.
The tree felling work will take place on Monday, February 9, 2026, in compliance with all applicable legal requirements and in close coordination with the relevant specialist departments. The planned measures are not expected to affect road traffic.
Growing tree population on the innovation campus
In the long term, the total number of trees on the site will increase: While a total of around 710 trees had been recorded by 2014, further planned replacement planting to compensate for felling on the Innovation Campus will increase the tree population to over 800 trees in future. This will secure the tree population in the long term and at the same time supplement it in an ecologically sensible way.