Middle in the crisis: Berlin's dilapidated subway tunnel remains closed!

Middle in the crisis: Berlin's dilapidated subway tunnel remains closed!

Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Deutschland - A dilapidated subway tunnel in Berlin-Mitte has been closed for eight years now and is about to be completely demolished and new. The Berlin Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) have registered the urgent need for this tunnel, but the approval procedure extends. It has been running for around two years and is delayed by ever new questions and topics from the authorities. An end to the procedure is currently not in sight, as the Senate Secretary of Transport Johannes Wieczorek explains. A forecast for the further time requirement is currently not possible, reports the Berliner Zeitung .

The U2 subway line is not only affected by the blocked tunnel of problems. For almost four months, this line has been running in a single -track in commuting, due to the setting of the tunnel during the construction work on a high -rise project of Covivio on Alexanderplatz. The Senate Department for Mobility, the Mitte district and the BVG have presented a repair concept that should contribute to stabilizing the tunnel that is over 100 years old. Dr. Meike Niedbal, State Secretary for Mobility, emphasizes the urgency of the exams to restore mobility on Alexanderplatz and thanks all institutions involved for their support. The concept provides for solidifying the ground and stabilizing with liquid cement, with costs of just under 10 million euros being estimated. The renovation work is expected to begin after approval in March 2023 and be completed in August 2023, as the Senate Administration reports.

meaning of public transport in Berlin

The problems with the subway are part of a larger topic in Berlin: public transport (public transport) is of central importance for the capital, is used for more than every fourth way and thus represents the highest use in Germany. In order to represent the course for the future, the state of Berlin has given a mobility law that creates the legal basis for various expansion projects. The local transport plan (NVP) provides investments of over 28 billion euros by 2035, which represents the largest investment measure in the history of Berlin public transport.

Special focus is on the electrification of public transport: By 2030, all diesel buses are to be replaced by e-buses. In addition, Berlin is planning to increase the annual investments in public transport from 300 million euros to around 800 million euros. This is done from the point of view of improving inner -city and national connections in order to optimize commuting between Berlin and Brandenburg. Measures such as the procurement of up to 2,160 new S-Bahn cars and the creation of new or modernized train stations are part of the i2030 project, which is made by