Rail – Hanover – FDP becomes another railway bridge in the Emden inland port – economy
Hanover (dpa / lni) – According to the will of the FDP parliamentary group, the Emden inland port is to be equipped with a second bascule railway bridge. “The need for a second bridge is already evident in the fact that a quarterly closure alone has led to the orphanage of the Emden inland port,” said the shipping policy spokeswoman for the FDP parliamentary group, Hillgriet Eilers, when asked by the dpa. Tourism was also severely affected by the high susceptibility of the existing bridge to failure.
According to the decision of the transport committee, the 70-year-old bridge has been prone to failure for more than ten years and is repeatedly affected by failures. The bridge is of particular importance for the port industry as well as for tourist connections to Baltrum, Borkum, Juist and Norderney. “In particular, in the event of a breakdown, negative effects on the accessibility of the Volkswagen factory and the loading of automobiles and thus retrospectively on all German Volkswagen production facilities are to be expected,” the recommendation continues. The many companies located in the port area are just as badly affected.
“But I am pleased that the CDU and SPD have finally recognized the seriousness of the situation and want to accept our application, albeit in a different form,” emphasized Eilers.
In the past, Lower Saxony has repeatedly advocated a second bridge, the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced. At the beginning of 2020, the state was informed by the Federal Ministry of Transport that. Deutsche Bahn has now started planning a feasibility study. According to the ministry, various variants are to be evaluated by the end of 2022.
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