The A 100, Germany’s most expensive road, causes a lot of trouble in the Berlin House of Representatives. Traffic Senator Bettina Jarasch raises serious allegations against the federal government.
No speed limit helps either: the issue of the city highway is driving the Greens to frenzy. On Thursday there was a lot of trouble in the House of Representatives about the extension of the A 100!
Reason: A week and a half ago, the Federal Ministry of Transport announced that it would press ahead with the controversial further construction. The A 100 is currently being extended to Treptower Park (not ready before the end of 2024). The federal government wants to continue building them up to Storkower Strasse.
The current 16th construction phase is already considered the most expensive road in Germany: The only 3.2 kilometer long piece costs 218,000 euros – per meter! The Federal Government has been responsible for planning and building motorways since 2021. The Berlin Senate is no longer involved in the planning approval process – although it is against the extension.
Transport Senator Bettina Jarasch (53, Greens): “The Federal Ministry of Transport wants to build a fast lane in Berlin towards the climate disaster.” And further: “I can only say: That will not happen. Not with this Berlin Senate.”
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The opposition, on the other hand, spoke out vehemently in favor of further construction. “The A 100 closes a gap caused by division,” says Felix Reifschneider (44, FDP). Then he scoffed at Red-Green-Red: “Just do what you usually do – nothing! The federal government is in the driver’s seat on the A 100.”
Kristian Ronneburg (35, left) considers the further construction to be backward-looking and completely overpriced. Experts estimate the costs at around one billion euros.
CDU transport politician Oliver Friederici (51), on the other hand, sees the extension as an opportunity to turn the A 100 into a “climate highway” – with far-reaching compensatory measures and tunnelling.
