North Saarlandstrasse

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The Nordsaarlandstraße was a planned 37 km long connecting road in the north-west of Saarland, which should better connect the region between the federal motorway A1 ( junction 137 Nonnweiler - Braunshausen ) and the A8 (junction 5 Merzig - Schwemlingen ).

history

The route had been wanted politically and economically since the early 1990s. First and foremost, this connection should make the municipalities of Wadern , Weiskirchen and Losheim in the Merzig-Wadern district more attractive for companies, give existing companies a transport advantage, prevent jobs from moving, keep local workers in the region and counteract the decline in population.

Merzig had a special role here, as the main traffic route runs through the center of the city. A new bypass should be implemented here to relieve Merzig.

For the 1999 state elections the idea got moving, as the then Saarland Transport Minister Heiko Maas suggested that the “Merzig northern bypass” should be included in the federal transport route plan as “urgent”. The change in government made the project quiet again. The Losheim community revived the project in 2001 by calling on the Saarland state government to take action again in this matter. At the same time, the demand was made to raise the state roads along the Nordsaarlandstrasse as federal roads.

In 2002, the then Saarland Economics Minister Hanspeter Georgi gave the "green light": groundbreaking for the expansion in 2005, completion in 2008. This was expressly confirmed in 2004 by the State Secretary for Economic Affairs Daniela Schlegel-Friedrich . Between 2006 and 2011, partial expansion work began: Nunkirchen roundabout (L148 / B268), Wadern roundabout at the Waderner Hochwald-Gymnasium (L149 / L150). The city of Wadern began to develop the “Am Hals” industrial estate in parallel , as a result of the state government's commitment to expand . In 2007, the Saarland State Agency for Road Construction (LfS) announced that the new Merzig bypass to be built would not be ready before 2010.

2010, work at the roundabout Gomm's mill (L147 / A1 / L329), which was completed by the end of the year and by then a prominent began accident black spot was. Furthermore, the three-lane expansion of the Braunshausen-Buweiler line was completely eliminated, as the traffic volume does not make the serious ecological intervention necessary. Politically, the squabble continued: the Merzig-Wadern district, the municipalities of Losheim, Wadern and Weiskirchen decided to make a joint request to the state government not to delay further expansion. After the signs from Saarbrücken increased in October that there was no money for the “Merziger Nordtangente” (15 million euros are estimated), a citizens' initiative was formed to promote the expansion. In addition to the lack of money, environmentalists have now also voiced concerns about the northern bypass.

In 2011, the roundabout in Dagstuhl (L149 / 150) was tackled, which was interpreted by all neighboring communities as a signal for completion. The state government made up of the CDU, FDP and the Greens was split up by the project, which put a strain on the Jamaica coalition. The then Saarland Environment Minister Simone Peter stated that there was a budget of 200,000 euros in the budget, but that this does not represent a preliminary decision for or against the route. The CDU state executive and the CDU district executive Merzig-Wadern underpinned with a resolution that the full economic potential of the region can only be used through the Nordsaarlandstrasse.

In the summer of 2012, the now CDU / SPD-run put state government an Environmental Impact Statement before, said that of eight checked routes only one would be implemented: that would, however, the training area to cut the army in two. In 2013, however, the Bundeswehr declared that cutting through the training area was not feasible, as this would render it unusable.

In 2014, Saar Economics Minister Anke Rehlinger announced the "end" of the project. Nevertheless, the politicians and citizens of Merzig hold on to their demand to build the bypass.

Special

The eastern section of Gomm's Mühle - Buweiler is usually closed to traffic when it suddenly starts to snow. This will then be diverted via the L149 Kastel-Primstal-Krettnich-Lockweiler-Dagstuhl. A little snow regularly leaves the trucks hanging on both sides of the Kasteler mountain, which then has to be blocked because the trucks are stuck.

course

Street name from to Construction project implemented Construction work planned
A1 Junction Nonnweiler-Braunshausen - -
L329 Braunshausen Buweiler "Gomm's Mühle" roundabout Three-lane expansion of the route to Buweiler
L149 Buweiler Waders -
L149 / L150 Waders Dagstuhl Kreisel Hochwald-Gymnasium
L149 / L148 Dagstuhl Nunkirchen Dagstuhl station roundabout
L148 / B268 Nunkirchen Losheim Spinning top
B268 / L158 Losheim Bread village - Connection from L158 to the access to the barracks "Auf der Ell"
Access to the barracks / B51 "Heisel Kreisel" Merzig - -
B51 / A8 Merzig-Schwemlingen junction - -

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The history of Nordsaarlandstrasse ( memento from October 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) retrieved from sr-online.de (January 24, 2015)
  2. ^ "Am Hals" industrial estate in Wadern ( Memento from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) retrieved from schaufenster-wadern.de (January 24, 2015)
  3. ↑ After a year of construction: "Gomms Mühle" roundabout opened to traffic, retrieved from saarland.de (January 24, 2015)
  4. ↑ Resolution of the Merzig-Wadern district retrieved from losheim.de (PDF document 26kB)
  5. ↑ Newspaper clipping Saarbrücker Zeitung retrieved from nordsaarlandstrasse.de (as PDF document 66kb)
  6. ↑ The high forest needs the Nordsaarlandstraße ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Saarbrücker Zeitung, accessed from merzig-wadern.de (PDF document 1.99 MB)
  7. ↑ roundabout immediately, bypassing later , Saarbrücker Zeitung, retrieved from hein-familien.de (PDF 67KB)