City Council is arguing for new carol bridge: cost explosion threatens!

City Council is arguing for new carol bridge: cost explosion threatens!

in Radebeul is currently being debated over the construction of the Carol Bridge. On June 19, 2025, Patrick Probst from the FDP/Freie Bürger raised his concerns in a meeting of the city council. He referred to a judgment of the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia, which makes it clear that adaptation to current regulations does not change the planning approval. This could be decisive for some twists in this procedure reports MDR .

But not everyone in the council is so optimistic. Peter Lames, the former mayor of the SPD, urged the possible high costs of a four -lane bridge. The double budget, which has already planned 170 million euros for the bridge, also provides for a funding commitment of 35 million euros. Lames is suspected that the funding for a wider bridge could not be granted, which would also drive up the costs due to an extended construction period.

dispute over costs and planning

Another critic is André Schollbach from the Left Party, who sharply attacks the CDU's transport policy and compare its strategies with the “concrete policy of the SED”. According to Schollbach, the new bridge becomes almost twice as wide as the Albert Bridge, which is already remarkable at 22 meters.

Reinhard Koettnitz, a former road construction manager, supports the skeptical voices and describes the four lanes as oversized. In other words, the current research results, which show a decline in private transport and an increase in public transport and cycling. During the renovation of the Carol Bridge it became clear that the transport system did not collapse even with a two -lane use, which further questions the need for a broad bridge.

The discussion about the Carol Bridge clearly shows how different the views about future traffic in Radebeul are. It remains to be seen how the opinions of the city councils develop and what decisions will be made in the coming months.

for lawyers and everyone who deals with legal questions, it is also important to know that the legal framework for such judgments is very clear. Juraforum explains that judicial decisions not only have to be documented in writing, but also have to be published if they arouse general interest. This requirement has existed since 1997 and is important to create transparency.

Overall, the case of the Carol Bridge not only shows the traffic policy challenges of RadebeUl, but also the resistances and fears in the population when it comes to the conversion of important infrastructure.