Overview
- The Transport Ministry formally requested a €450 million over-plan appropriation from the Infrastruktur und Klimaschutz fund ahead of a budget committee vote at the end of July.
- Autobahn GmbH imposed a stop on new 2025 tenders after provisional budget rules blocked access to its €2.5 billion annual bridge refurbishment allocation.
- In a letter to the Haushaltsausschuss, Autobahn GmbH reported a dramatic increase in its maintenance backlog and warned of mounting traffic-safety hazards.
- A second tranche of €709 million is planned to follow the initial release and fully restore Autobahn GmbH’s contracting capacity for overdue road and bridge projects.
- A Transport & Environment study finds over one-third of federal highway bridges are in poor condition, underscoring the urgency of unlocking stalled infrastructure funding.