Overview
- Berlin will cover €334 million—about 85% of eligible costs—for the Ludwigshafen Hochstraßen, with the state and city financing the remainder.
- The minister said a second Rhine bridge near Wörth holds top priority in the federal transport plan but requires unassailable building rights in both Baden‑Württemberg and Rhineland‑Palatinate.
- A Federal Administrative Court decision is expected on the contested A1 Eifel gap, where environmental groups are suing over alleged species-protection violations.
- Schnieder described the Middle Rhine fairway-deepening as technically and legally demanding, with experts estimating construction would take at most two years once started.
- Ludwigshafen’s SPD urged a Rhine-bridge renovation cost split mirroring the Hochstraßen model and pressed the minister for clear commitments as current bridge limits strain the network.