B 169-new building: Why the construction site in Oschatz continues to wait!

B 169-new building: Why the construction site in Oschatz continues to wait!

The construction of the new route of the B 169 between Riesa and Salbitz is again delayed, as the Leipzig branch of the State Office for Road Construction and Transport (LasUV) announced on Tuesday, December 10th. Planned work had to be postponed for two main reasons: On the one hand, numerous important archaeological finds required a more thorough examination, which takes additional time. On the other hand, the LASUV lacks sufficient financial means, since the new construction of the B 169 is only temporarily recorded in the federal road construction plan. Currently, only 12.1 million euros are available that are already planned for other measures, including environmental protection projects and archaeological explorations.

financing and planning chaos

The financial situation is tightened by a current study by Greenpeace, which says that the costs for the new construction and maintenance of motorways and federal highways could be three times higher than before by the Ministry of Transport. According to the study, around 800 projects could cost a total of 153 billion euros by 2035, while originally only 50.9 billion were planned. These enormous additional costs could burden the budget of the Federal Ministry of Transport even more than previously assumed. The increasing construction prices already lead to a continued discussion about prioritization in road construction.

The critical assessment of Greenpeace, which is based on the Federal Government's answers, also indicates that the costs were significantly overestimated in many construction projects. Especially with 325 of the evaluated 351 projects, the expected costs increase significantly. The demand for a new infrastructure consensus under the traffic light coalition is now more urgent, since a more thorough dialogue for cost development in road construction is to be initiated on the part of the Greens and other parties.

Overall, road construction is not only faced with challenges in Oschatz; The financial framework and the resulting delays make the need for renewed reviews of planning and priority setting in the German traffic sector more and more clearly. This could have far -reaching consequences for future construction projects, since questions of financing and urgency will play a central role, as can already be seen in the budget negotiations.

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