Eschenlohe breathes a sigh of relief: From Tuesday evening, traffic will flow via the new semi-junction in Ohlstadt - an important step on the way to closing the ailing B2 Olympic tunnels.
The region is waiting for more, much more expensive transport projects.
Does the change of government have any effect on this?
Ohlstadt / District -
The topic stood like an elephant in the room.
Alexander Dobrindt only hinted at it in his address: "We'll see how things go from here," said the Peißenberg member of the Bundestag, who has his constituency in the region.
His CSU colleague, Harald Kühn, member of the state parliament from Murnau, became a little clearer at the opening of the new A95 semi-junction in Ohlstadt on Monday: "I hope the new federal government will finish everything."
CSU no longer provides the transport minister
The red-green-yellow coalition is taking over from black-red, many cards are being reshuffled - also in transport policy.
In recent years, the region has benefited greatly from the fact that the CSU provided the responsible federal minister: first Dobrindt, lastly Andreas Scheuer.
To relieve the congestion-plagued district, these projects cost a few hundred million euros;
more are to follow.
Dobrindt wants to stay behind that projects are implemented
But with the change of government, projects like the Partenkirchner Wanktunnel, which are not advanced, could be called into question again - at the moment, no guarantees can be given in this area in which direction the future minister Volker Wissing (FDP) will steer. Dobrindt said in a press conference that he was assuming that the principle of bringing things to a close would not be shaken - and announced “considerable disputes with us and with me” in the event that “certain projects are called into question”. Dobrindt wants to make it clear to Wissing "immediately after the new government takes office" that "I expect that he will follow the measures in the Oberland and Werdenfelser Land with great vigor" - as the CSU transport ministers did.
Half-junction in Ohlstadt is to be opened to traffic on Tuesday evening
They also cleared the way for the implementation of the new A95 semi-junction (HAS) in Ohlstadt.
The project is only a small piece in the big puzzle of traffic relief for the congested district - but an indispensable one.
The HAS, through which the first cars and trucks should roll on Tuesday evening, is needed to close the ailing Eschenloh B2 tunnels.
In addition, there will be a new section of the state road near Eschenlohe in 2022, which will in future serve as a route for moped, tractor or bicyclists.
You will not be allowed to use the new four-lane B2 to Oberau, the heart of which is the 1.9 kilometer long Auerberg tunnel.
The total cost of the package, which is intended to improve the flow of traffic in the Loisach Valley and relieve the pressure on neighboring towns: around 170 million euros.
The project costs comparatively little: 1.7 million euros
The 1.7 million euros that have to be paid in the preliminary program for the HAS, which was essentially created in Moos since the summer, are hardly significant. Stephan Geuder of the responsible federal autobahn GmbH calls the sum “relatively low”. The structure consists of a 700 meter long access ramp for traffic from the direction of Murnau from the B2 to the A95 towards Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a shorter exit option for those heading north. Most of the traffic is diverted to the motorway, past Eschenlohe, which has had to live with the threat of the Olympic tunnel being closed for years. Without an alternative route, this scenario would result in high traffic loads. With the Auerberg tunnel, the "traffic jam in Eschenlohe" (at the end of the A95, editor's note) will perhaps disappear completely from the traffic reports,said Mayor Anton Kölbl (CSU). He once presented Dobrindt with the plan for a HAS while inspecting an alpine pasture - as an alternative to a structure that would have used up the best arable land and “endless space” in Eschenlohe. The solution to the problem lay in Ohlstädter Flur - no problem for Mayor Christian Scheuerer (non-party), because it "makes sense and fits perfectly" - and prevented floor sealing on a large scale.because this "makes sense and fits wonderfully" - and prevented floor sealing on a large scale.because this "makes sense and fits wonderfully" - and prevented floor sealing on a large scale.
Dobrindt: First element to open an enormous eye of a needle
On Monday, Dobrindt looked from the small to the big picture.
He described the HAS as the “first element of opening an enormous bottleneck on the route towards Garmisch-Partenkirchen” and as a “mandatory prerequisite” for the future Auerberg tunnel to be fully operational.
For this, the groundbreaking for preparatory work took place in August, the actual tunnel is not to be built before the end of 2023.
At least that is what the previous decisions provide.
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