Leipzig's bridge building remains a big topic despite the budget crisis!

Leipzig's bridge building remains a big topic despite the budget crisis!

In the middle of a budget crisis, the city of Leipzig emphasizes the ambitious new building of the Georg-Schwarz-Brücken. Despite the unauthorized deficit households for 2025/26 that make Leipzig one of the few Saxon municipalities without approved budget, Mayor Thomas Dienberg (Greens) and treasurer Torsten Boneew (CDU) confirm the need for this project. The bridges, the new building of which is planned between 2025 and 2031, are intended to cost around 100 million euros and are intended in close coordination with Deutsche Bahn, since the construction work must be carried out when the rail operations are running. A timely new building is essential, since the operating license applies to one of the bridge structures by mid -2028, otherwise in the worst case there is a risk. LVZ reports .

The tenders for the construction work have already been published and the offers have encouraged the city administration that construction work could begin in February next year. There are also other important infrastructure projects that are supposed to start this year. This includes the renewal of the Mühlholzsteg in Connewitz with a cost framework of 741,000 euros and the construction of the parliament bridge in Schönefeld-Abtnaundorf for 2.1 million euros, the construction work of which is to begin in October. ecolöwe extends the context .

traffic forecasts and challenges

The traffic office has published current statistics on the traffic figures on the Ritterschlößchen. There are currently around 15,200 motor vehicles a day; Without the middle ring, an increase to around 16,400 vehicle/day is forecast for 2025. With a new carcase through the Auwald, this number could increase to 22,900 vehicle per day. Critics, including the ecolöwen, question whether these increasing numbers justify the intersection of the intersection and demand adjustments to the road construction plans to promote more sustainable urban development.

The city councilors and various factions in the city council have already discussed citizen participations and amendments. Nevertheless, applications for adapting the plans were rejected, while smaller changes to the preferred preferred variant are still in prospect. The city council had already decided in September 2018 a 2030 mobility strategy that relies on sustainability. However, the high construction costs of the bridge project have an impact on the budget for other important projects in the field of cycling, foot and public transport. LVZ and other local sources report.