Ministry accuses federal government of delay in Rahmede Bridge
Created: 08/11/2022, 10:35 am
A sign indicates a construction site.
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Before a top meeting with Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) at the closed Rahmede motorway bridge near Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia accused the federal government of delays.
In a seven-point paper, which is available to the German Press Agency, NRW Environment and Transport Minister Oliver Krischer (Greens) calls for a binding timetable for the construction of the bridge, an acceleration concept and faster decisions.
Düsseldorf - "It is not apparent that the "Rahmede Talbrücke" project is being vigorously pursued as a "special case" by the Federal Ministry of Transport," it says.
WDR first reported on the paper.
The closed dilapidated valley bridge has been causing congested alternative routes and displeasure among residents and commuters for eight months.
The bridge on the A45 - the most important connection between the Ruhr area and Frankfurt am Main - is to be blown up in December and then rebuilt.
Wissing wants to get an idea of the construction site on Wednesday and take part in a public and business talk.
According to the headline, the critical paper from the NRW Ministry of Transport contains "Suggestions for the top-level discussion".
Among other things, NRW is demanding relief measures so that long-distance and heavy traffic bypasses Lüdenscheid over a wide area.
For example, as an incentive for the detour and the associated longer distance, the distance-dependent truck toll could be suspended for the additional distance.
dpa
