Overview

• The Berlin Senate scheduled the initial site setup for the 26th calendar week after Fête de la Musique, focusing first on perimeter security and material storage.
• The fence—part of a €30 million crime-reduction initiative—will include vandalism-resistant gates and electronic locking systems to enforce nightly park closures.
• Nighttime shutdowns and physical barriers were authorized in 2023 to curb persistent drug trafficking and violent incidents in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
• Legal challenges by the Green-led Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district pushed back an original early-2024 completion target, with finalization now planned by year’s end.
• Local activist groups have protested and sent threatening letters to contractors, prompting continuous coordination between authorities and the police.