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Germany 2026 road and rail construction updates

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The 2026 infrastructure programme continues with extensive road and rail disruptions across Germany and surrounding Alpine routes. In late July and early August, the ADAC warned of severe holiday congestion due to approximately 1,000 construction sites. Major Alpine links faced significant delays, with the Gotthard Tunnel experiencing southbound queues of up to 11 km and northbound wait times exceeding three hours during the first week of August. In Germany, specific regional projects intensified in August. On the A65, resurfacing work near Landau has restricted traffic to a single lane, ~~while maintenance at~~ with shifts to the opposing carriageway causing temporary exit and entrance closures. At the Walldorfer ~~Kreuz involving~~ Kreuz, maintenance on connecting ramps and guardrail modernization is scheduled through ~~mid-September.~~ mid-September, involving significant diversions for travelers toward Heidelberg and Frankfurt. In Bremen, reconstruction of the B6n arterial road began on 7 August, utilizing night-time full ~~closures for diversions.~~ closures. Munich’s S-Bahn line S5 remains closed for bridge works until 16 ~~October, supported by bus replacements.~~ October. Bridge-related projects have reached new milestones. Demolition of the Vorlandbrücke at Bonn’s Nordbrücke (A565) commenced on 7 August. The firm Hagedorn is performing the demolition using excavators with shears and pulverisers to minimize ~~noise, with work scheduled around~~ noise. In Dresden, the ~~clock. The bridge, which saw over 100,000 daily vehicles before its June closure, will remain out~~ reconstruction of ~~service until~~ the ~~replacement is completed, likely by the end of 2028. In Dresden,~~ Carolabrücke has progressed following its collapse in September 2024. After an advisory committee ~~has~~ initially recommended a ~~preferred~~ design ~~for the Carolabrücke reconstruction. The committee advised~~ by LAP and Knight Architects, the Dresden City Council ~~to commission a planning team from Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner Beratende Ingenieure VBI AG (LAP) and Knight Architects. This decision followed a narrow 14-to-12 vote, despite~~ ultimately approved a different proposal on 3 September. The selected design ~~being favored in~~ was submitted by a ~~public online vote~~ consortium consisting of ~~over 25,800 citizens.~~ FHECOR Deutschland and TSSB Planungsgesellschaft. The ~~City Council is expected to vote~~ decision followed intense debate over costs, with some factions advocating for a smaller two-lane design or structures focused on trams and pedestrians to reduce the ~~proposal on 3 September, with construction projected~~ estimated 170 million euro investment. Legal counsel had previously cautioned that selecting high-risk designs could lead to ~~begin in May 2028.~~ challenges under German competition law.

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