Overview

• Autobahn GmbH’s 2025–2029 plan moves the 17th section into a catch‑all category of further important projects with no schedule.
• Internal documents cite nearly €15 billion missing for highway construction through 2029 and a €2.25 billion planning-cost gap at Autobahn GmbH.
• Baufreigaben for 74 projects are conditional on higher federal funding, pushing the Berlin extension down the queue and making a near-term start improbable.
• Technical work continues as Autobahn GmbH studies route variants for the 17th section, including potential tunnel segments.
• Since the new Treptow terminus opened in August, congestion has intensified, with Mayor Kai Wegner arguing for continuation, the Greens calling to drop the plan and even close the new stretch temporarily, and Traffic Senator Ute Bonde criticizing the deprioritization while expecting the federal feasibility study this year.