On 16 March, the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 was presented by the Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Alexander Dobrindt (CSU). According to the ministry's plans, the federal government will invest 264.5 billion euros in German roads, railways and waterways by 2030. The maintenance and renovation of existing infrastructure is to be prioritised over new planning, with a share of 70 % of the planned funds. According to Minister Dobrindt, the programme has been closely coordinated with the Ministry of Finance and the money will be available over the next few years. All planned measures should at least be started by 2030.
Of the 264.5 billion euros, almost half, namely 130 billion euros (49%), is to be used for the road network, with the remainder of 105.8 billion euros (40%) for the rail network and 28.7 billion euros (11%) for Waterways on. Overall, the BMVI wants to invest more money than ever before in German infrastructure over the next 15 years. The significance and scope of the German waterways The investment package states in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030:
"With the Waterway qualitative bottlenecks in the infrastructure have an impact on the economic viability of transport on all affected routes over the entire transport length, even if the majority of the transport route allows for qualitatively better navigability. The waterway projects [...] will result in a total of eight qualitative bottlenecks on federal waterways with a total length of around 300 km and seven qualitative bottlenecks on maritime waterways with a total length of around 300 km.
bottlenecks and one quantitative bottleneck on inland waterways with a total length of around 370 km are eliminated. A further four qualitative bottlenecks on inland waterways with a total length of around 430 km are reduced in their bottleneck effect in the plan case."
From: Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030, BMVI March 2016.
The Kiel Canal is to undergo some of the most extensive modernisation measures: The expansion of the eastern section is planned for 260 million euros, the deepening of the entire canal including the removal of bottlenecks for 263.4 million euros and the rerouting of the Saatsee bend for 12.4 million euros. A fairway adjustment of the Lower and Outer Elbe is to be carried out for 398.1 million euros. However, the expansion and maintenance of the Wesel-Datteln Canal as far as Marl and the replacement of the "large locks" make up the largest share of the project list, totalling 645.7 million euros. Waterways in.
In this context, the Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is focussing on increased citizen participation, as Minister Dobrindt is quoted as saying in the Passauer Neue Presse:
"From Monday [21 March], citizens can - for the first time ever in a federal transport infrastructure plan! - can have their say. Mind you, this is not a referendum, it is not a question of "I am in favour" or "I am against". We are interested in qualified factual arguments. For example, if someone can justifiably point out that traffic in certain regions is different from what we assume. We will examine the submissions and adapt the draft if necessary. In July, the BVWP to the Federal Cabinet. This will be followed in the autumn by the parliamentary procedure on the expansion laws. No federal transport infrastructure plan has ever left the Bundestag in the same condition as it entered. The parliamentarians can make changes, they will take the right to do so."
From: Passauer Neue Presse, 18 March 2016.
You can download the entire Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 as a PDF here.
Here you will find the BMVI portal with further information and planning overviews.
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For the non-mariners: before more container ships, in particular, call at Rotterdam or Antwerp instead of German ports and handling volumes continue to collapse, we should change the steeple policy of German states and port operators there in favour of a national port concept. There seems to be a need for urgency here. By 2030, we will have long since lost nationally.
We've had to complain about clogged arteries for long enough - a renovation and purification of the German infrastructure is long overdue. Even if the 11% share of waterways in the BVWP 2030 is modest in comparison, we do not want to forget that this overall project will be good for Germany as a maritime location, because almost everything that travels by road and rail has previously been on the water in some way or is on its way there. In other words, we have an interest in ensuring that the supply and outflow of goods from the maritime sphere runs as smoothly as possible in terms of logistics.
Whether the plan will recognise itself in the mirror in 2030 or whether it has been changed beyond recognition by politicians and associations is another question...
These projects not only benefit Germany as a maritime location. It is important to understand that the maritime sector benefits the economy as a whole, even if the hidden champions far from the coast are fighting for their contributions to German exports,
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the sailor
The Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (such a term can only be invented in Germania!) is important for the maritime community, so thanks to the blog team!!! The expansion of the "Kaiser Wilhelm Canal" (or is it called something else today???) must be tackled without delay. The importance of maritime issues is also reflected in the way politicians deal with the transport infrastructure,
Fleet is convinced.