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Intermunicipal cooperation will start on January 1, 2026
The joint public order authority district of the towns and municipalities of Griesheim, Weiterstadt, Ober-Ramstadt, Erzhausen, and Egelsbach officially commenced its work on January 1, 2026. The body held its first joint meeting on January 23.
A new association was necessary because the municipalities of Mühltal and Roßdorf withdrew from the previous one. Egelsbach was also added as a new municipality to the association.
Focus on speed monitoring
The joint regulatory authority district, or GemOBB for short, primarily handles tasks related to speed enforcement. These include speed measurements, monitoring traffic flow with regard to through-traffic bans, mobile phone violations, seatbelt requirements, and traffic counts.
The evaluation and management of the measurements is handled centrally by the public order office of the city of Griesheim. The costs for personnel, vehicles, and measuring equipment are distributed among the participating municipalities according to a formula based on population size.
Mayors emphasize advantages
Griesheim's mayor, Geza Krebs-Wetzl, described the GemOBB (Gemeindebetrieb Oberbayern – Upper Bayer Operational Unit) as an example of successful inter-municipal cooperation. Individual municipalities could hardly manage this level of equipment and shift work on their own. Through this collaboration, personnel and resource deployment have been optimized and ongoing costs reduced.
Niklas Gehnich, mayor of Weiterstadt, also sees the merger as an economically sound step with added value for all involved. Tobias Silbereis, mayor of Ober-Ramstadt, emphasized the efficient deployment of personnel. Claudia Lange, mayor of Erzhausen, and Tobias Wilbrand, mayor of Egelsbach, also welcomed the continuation or joining of the association.
With the new structure, the five municipalities are relying on a joint, cost-efficient concept for traffic monitoring.
(GRIESHEIM – RED/PSG)
