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Germany Seeks €450M Emergency Funding to Resume Autobahn Bridge Repairs

The Federal Transport Ministry has applied to the Bundestag’s budget committee for an extraordinary appropriation to lift a tender freeze and address urgent safety risks on highway bridges.

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Die Autobahn GmbH prüft regelmäßig ihre Bauwerke, um die Sicherheit dieser zu gewährleisten
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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.