Verdict: Planning for the A20 motorway needs to be improved
Created: 07/07/2022, 14:57
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The plans for a first section of the A20 coastal motorway in Lower Saxony need to be improved.
On Thursday, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig declared the plan approval decision for the section between Westerstede and Jaderberg to be "illegal and unenforceable" (case no.: BVerwG 9 A 1.21).
The environmental association BUND thus achieved a partial success in court.
Leipzig - The association had sued against the construction of the Autobahn.
Another lawsuit filed by a farmer was dismissed.
The 9th Senate specifically criticized the nitrogen calculation for the Garnholt fauna-flora-habitat area.
The planners made a mistake here.
"The nitrogen calculation on which the planning was based was very precise from the start," explained the presiding judge.
It cannot be ruled out that the FFH area could be adversely affected.
The existing coastal motorway is to be extended from Stettin in Poland via Bad Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein to Lower Saxony.
Tunnels under the Elbe and Weser are planned.
With 121 kilometers alone on the Lower Saxony side, the controversial A20 is one of the most important infrastructure projects in the state.
dpa
