Overview

• Autobahn GmbH reclassified the A100’s 17th section as a category C “further important planning project,” listing no schedule and making a start before 2029 highly unlikely.
• Internal documents warn that construction approvals for 74 expansion and new-build projects by 2029 require higher federal budgets, with reports of nearly €15 billion lacking and a €2.25 billion planning shortfall at the company.
• Berlin’s traffic chief Ute Bonde called the shift a budget-driven deprioritization and said the city still expects the promised feasibility study by year’s end, while Greens urged dropping the 17th section and FDP leaders labeled the move a mistake.
• Separate urgent works will strain travel: the A24 toward Hamburg will undergo six weeks of AKR-related repairs from September 25 to November 8, with traffic shifted via contraflow.
• Major closures are active or imminent elsewhere, including a full shutdown of the A45 at Westhofener Kreuz through Tuesday morning for bridge demolition, a 55-hour A1 closure in Hamburg through Monday morning for tunnel and bridge works, and weeklong A44 shutdowns starting September 22 with a second in late October.