18.07.2008

German Transport Minister warns of traffic meltdown

Germany is on the verge of a traffic meltdown, unless measures are taken to regulate heavy truck transportation, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee has warned. "A traffic infarction is a credible scenario, if we do not react in time," Tiefensee said. Tienfensee wants to invest €10 billion next year in road, rail and water transport infrastructures.

"On the most heavily used axes, we should have eight- or ten-lane autobahns," the Transport Minister said.
He also suggested a toll for articulated trucks, but insisted that German motorways must remain free for passenger cars.



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