Before the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Celle, the highway operator A1 has suffered a mobile defeat against the federal government. The company had demanded hundreds of millions of euros, because the controversial private development of Highway 1 between Hamburg and Bremen did not throw as much money as the company had hoped.
The operator expected a very lush return. Over the entire period, A1 Mobil expected an average of 30 percent per year.
However, according to OLG, the company does not have the required additional payment of 778 million euros due to lower income from truck toll revenues. An appeal suit of the company against a corresponding judgment of the regional court Hanover from the September 2018 dismissed the senate.
Operators carry risk "unlimited"
"The district court has decided correctly," said an OLG spokesman. According to the operator consortium, the risk of a changed traffic volume according to the contract "unlimited" itself.
Until the conclusion of the contract but there was no forecast that predicted a slump in truck traffic, the management had argued. Already one had already reckoned with a confirmation of the previous verdict, admitted A1-mobil CEO Ralf Schmitz now.
A revision against this decision was not admitted according to Norddeutschem Rundfunk. However, the company can appeal to the Federal Court.