2024-09-29 17:55:10
Infrastructure
Public Outcry Against A5 Expansion Plans
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Environment
A woman from Monheim is not in agreement with the plan to fell around 50 trees for a cycle superhighway. Nearly 280 people support her concern. Why the city still wants to cut down the trees.
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Thousands of cyclists protest against possible A5 expansion
Politics
Thousands of cyclists, including groups from Karlsruhe and Heidelberg, are protesting against the possible expansion of the A5 in Frankfurt; the organizers count 5,000 participants; the protest takes place on the A648 instead of the A5 after a court decision; speakers from Attac, ADFC, VCD and ADAC Hessen-Thüringen criticize environmental destruction, traffic forecasts and demand the renovation of dilapidated bridges as well as the expansion of the Regionaltangente West and the Main-Weser-Bahn;..
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Around 4,000 people demonstrate against the expansion of the A5
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Around 4,000 people in colorful clothes with numerous flags demonstrated in Frankfurt against the expansion of the A5 to ten lanes, according to police reports. The demonstration began with a rally at the Mainkai, after which the group rode bicycles on the A648 to the Westkreuz. The original plan to demonstrate directly on the A5 was prohibited by a decision of the Administrative Court, which cited safety concerns. The "Bündnis Stopp A5-Ausbau" (Stop A5 Expansion Alliance) unsuccessfully appea..
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Criticism of the feasibility study on the A5 in Hesse
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Environment
The Greens criticize the feasibility study on the ten-lane expansion of the A5 in Hesse. They see incorrect traffic forecasts, ignore current investments in rail, warn of enormous health burdens, endangerment of residential areas and insufficient consideration of protected areas. In addition, the technical feasibility is unclear, the downstream road network would be heavily burdened for years and the expansion is neither necessary nor economical. Instead, investments should be focused on bridge..
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