Stadtbahn Ludwigsburg: Cost-benefit analysis postponed again!

Stadtbahn Ludwigsburg: Cost-benefit analysis postponed again!

In the district of Ludwigsburg, the future of the planned light rail becomes a political issue. Originally, the crucial cost-benefit analysis should be available at the end of 2024, but now there is the sobering news: the completion is delayed by at least another year. This is reported by the Stuttgarter Newspaper . The project planners are under immense pressure after the confidant managing director Frank von Meissner had to resign under mysterious circumstances. The annoyance is great, both with supporters and critics: Ludwigsburg mayor Sebastian Mannl and Klaus Herrmann, the CDU parliamentary group leader, express their dissatisfaction with the uncertainty of project development.

In particular, the critics of the mega project use the delay as an argument for their resistance. Voices from the FDP and AfD are now even calling for the city to exit from the special -purpose association. Matthias Knecht, Mayor of Ludwigsburg, classified the delayed analysis as "highly critical". He demands from politics to take into account the current financial burdens and create stable funding backdrops in order not to endanger the realization of the light rail, such as the Ludwigsburger Kreiszeit . Knecht emphasizes that despite these challenges, the binding decisions from 2022 continue to apply.

challenges for project planning

The delayed cost-benefit analysis could not only undermine confidence in the project, but also to show it new resistance. The project participants now have to work together to dispel the critics' concerns, while at the same time all upcoming questions about the financing and realizability of the light rail should be clarified. Michael Ilk, the current interim manager, emphasizes that careful planning and a detailed analysis for the acceptance of the project are of crucial importance. "We have to move forward," said the urgent wish from politics.