New momentum for Dresden: City Council decides on Carolabrücke!

New momentum for Dresden: City Council decides on Carolabrücke!

Dresden, Deutschland - The situation around the Carol Bridge in Dresden remains tense. The ADAC Saxony has received the open letter, which was initiated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Dresden Chamber of Crafts, with positive words. Ines Springer, board member of the ADAC Saxony, shows solidarity with the demands of the signatories and emphasizes that the city administration has to make a quick decision to rebuild the bridge. This decision is sought before the summer break to avoid a time -consuming planning approval process. There are also clear ideas with regard to the traffic routing: Springer advocates a four-lane new building, equipped with standard and footpaths.

On June 19, the city council will make a fundamental decision, but opinions about the number of lanes on the new bridge will differ. While the Greens around Stephan Kühn are pleading for two to three traces of cars to take into account the returning number of traffic, the CDU and Team Zastrow rely on the retention of four lanes. Kühn warns that early determination would not be in the sense of future requirements. A forecast shows that two to three traces could be sufficient to avoid oversized widening, and the TU professor Steffen Marx adds that additional lanes could increase the costs by 30 million euros.

The challenges in the planning process

In the discussion about the new building, a new body was also launched, which is intended to accompany the planning process. The requirements of the city administration are clear: short construction times, safe traffic routing and the preservation of visual axes are on the agenda. The technical infrastructure and a robust, low -maintenance construction are also central points. However, there is also criticism, in particular by AfD politician Thomas Ladzinski, who criticizes that representatives of the city society are missing in the accompanying body and that there has been no recognizable instrument for citizen participation.

The challenges of the traffic infrastructure as a whole cannot be overlooked. According to a current study by the German Institute for Urban Studies (Difu), which was commissioned by various transport associations, larger defects can already be found in a third of the streets. Every second street bridge is in need of renovation, which indicates an enormous investment requirement of a total of 372 billion euros by 2030. The ADAC emphasizes the urgency of the modernization of street and rail and demands support from the federal and state governments to ensure traffic safety.

In total, it shows that the construction of the carol bridge is not only a local policy topic, but also reflects the pressing questions about the design of the traffic infrastructure across Germany. A quick action is required to make Dresden as a traffic junction and to ensure the city's ability to act.

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