Overview

• Work is underway simultaneously on multiple sections of the roughly 13-kilometer stretch between Halle-Neustadt and the future Halle-Nord junction.
• Remediation efforts in old mining areas south of the Saale river are causing the primary delays in construction.
• North of the river, crews are building a 968-meter bridge over the Saale and a 210-meter noise protection tunnel near Salzmünde.
• The project includes the Porphyrkuppen landscape tunnel as one of its major infrastructure components.
• Deges reports total spending of about 726 million euros and says the earliest possible completion is now projected for late 2028.