Glatt regeneration project –Tolwäng to Fromatt section

Between July 2012 and July 2014, the Canton of Zurich drafted the “Glatt Area Landscape Development Rümlang/Oberglatt”. In the spring of 2017, Flughafen Zürich AG returned to the planning work again, which had been put on hold, with the consent and involvement of the canton.

Environment and nature conservation laws require Flughafen Zürich AG to create ecological compensation areas for the green spaces used for its construction projects. Instead of countless small projects, the regeneration of the Glatt will compensate for a number of current and future construction projects. Rather than small compensation projects, this enables a cohesive project which, as well as promoting nature conservation and species diversity, also conserves the landscape. The Glatt river basin will be transformed into a large and attractive recreational area for the general public.

To balance out the diverse and sometimes diverging interests at stake, local municipalities, landowners, land managers and associations were involved in developing the project. Numerous meetings took place to discuss specific aspects and the insights gained were incorporated in the project.

In December 2018, Flughafen Zürich AG submitted the planning approval application to the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), which was approved on August 18, 2022 and subsequently became legally binding. Based on this planning approval, detailed project planning was started in summer 2023 with the aim of implementing the project in the years 2025-2028.