Overview
- Berlin’s Senate says a private security service will lock the gates each evening, reopen them in the morning, and conduct checks inside the park.
- The annual cost for the night security service is set at about €800,000, disclosed in response to questions from Left-party lawmakers.
- New fence sections and entrance gates with turnstiles cost roughly €1.8 million and are largely complete, according to the Senate.
- The nightly closure is planned to begin around March, with gates expected to be shut from about 22:00 or 23:00, while staffing levels are still being finalized.
- Guards are already on site to protect the new fence following vandalism incidents, including the theft of a turnstile.