During the council meeting of 25 September 2025, the CSV once again sought to shed light on several municipal dossiers by addressing a series of questions to the Board of Aldermen. We also submitted concrete proposals aimed at strengthening local infrastructure, in line with the municipality’s long-term objectives.
The most significant item on the agenda was undoubtedly the “Hentzenhaus” project.
The “Hentzenhaus” Project
At the council meeting of 25 September, the new project for the Hentzenhaus, located on Rue d’Itzig, was presented and approved.
Project cost: €11.4 million.
The existing building, which has recently been classified as a national heritage site, will house meeting rooms for local associations and municipal committees. In addition, a new annex will be built to accommodate a restaurant, and the ground-floor rooms of the Hentzenhaus could also be used in connection with the restaurant’s activities.Before the last elections, the then CSV / Déi Gréng majority had developed plans to turn the Hentzenhaus and its annex into a Cultural Centre, providing a home for both local associations and the UGDA Music School.
The school currently counts 170 students enrolled in 257 classes, spread across 8 rooms in 5 different buildings.
The original plan also included a kiosk to offer refreshments and snacks to visitors in the nearby park.
The current majority, however, has chosen to place the focus on gastronomy.
For the CSV, this project does not align with the current majority’s slogan “Sandweiler – Fit for the Future.”
The former Cultural Centre project would have created a true meeting place for local associations and allowed for diverse cultural events for residents of all ages. It would also have brought the entire music school together on a single site, fostering stronger social and creative interaction among the students.
The CSV therefore voted against the new project for three main reasons:
- Lack of a clear and coherent concept,
- Priority given to gastronomy,
- No urgent solution provided for the music school or cultural activities.
Despite these objections, the new plan — prioritizing gastronomy — was adopted narrowly, with 6 votes in favour and 5 against.
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Expansion of EV Charging Infrastructure
Following a detailed analysis of the existing infrastructure, its location, usage levels (based on publicly available data), and the residential density across different areas of Sandweiler, the CSV concluded that installing an additional charging station in the “An der Steekaulen” neighbourhood would be both useful and justified.
During the 10 September 2025 council meeting, the municipality unanimously adopted a Climate Action Framework, based on the Pacte Climat 2.0, which includes measures to expand the electric vehicle charging network.
Unfortunately, the decision to proceed with this new charging point — which would have benefited many residents within a 200-metre radius and brought the municipality closer to achieving its own climate targets — was postponed indefinitely at the request of the Board of Aldermen, supported by DP, LSAP, and déi gréng councillors.
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Questions to the college of aldermen
Through several formal questions, the CSV has continued to call for greater transparency regarding multiple municipal dossiers. Sadly, transparency does not appear to be a guiding principle of the current administration. All our questions can be found in our online archive, where the written replies will also be published as soon as they are received.
Some of the oral responses given during the meeting were particularly evasive — notably concerning the moderation of Facebook comments and the renovation of the Scouts’ chalet — which has raised understandable concern. We now await the written answers with great interest.
The written responses to our questions from the 10 September meeting were provided during the session of 25 September and can also be consulted in our archive. It is worth noting that, in the dossier concerning the new control tower at Luxembourg Airport (Findel), the College of Aldermen — contrary to the statement by Minister Yuriko Backes in response to a parliamentary question — did not submit any official request for such a project, aside from an informal meeting between LuxAirport and the municipality.
How this discrepancy aligns with the Minister’s remarks remains unclear.Nevertheless, we are pleased that — according to several recent press reports — an alternative solution now appears to have been found for the future of the control tower at our national airport.