The Frankfurt-Darmstadt cycle expressway will be extended in 2021

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In the course of the construction of the next section of the route, the station forecourt in Darmstadt-Wixhausen is also to be redesigned. Twelve trees have to give way for the new cycle route.

In the Darmstadt district of Wixhausen, the construction of a further section for the cycle expressway from Frankfurt to Darmstadt will begin in the first quarter of next year. During the construction project, the station forecourt at the local S-Bahn station is also to be redesigned.

The Darmstadt magistrate has already approved the planned construction of the cycle path from Wixhausen station to Auwiesenweg. There should be another template in the coming year for the subsequent construction section to Bundesstrasse 3 near Arheilgen.

The city has already commissioned a feasibility study for the further route from Arheilgen in the direction of Darmstadt’s city center and the southern district of Eberstadt. Planning offices, in cooperation with an accompanying group, have now identified six possible routes through the city. After an online participation of the citizens in late summer, the city wants to determine the further procedure in the coming weeks after further consultations.

The rapid cycle route currently ends north of the station forecourt on the east side of the Wixhausen S-Bahn station. From there, the route is to be extended by around 520 meters along the railway line in a southerly direction. An asphalt four-meter-wide cycle path with an accompanying walkway can be built along the entire length.

During the planned redesign of the station forecourt, the two parking spaces are to be relocated to Messeler-Park-Straße. To the south of the station, the expressway will be rebuilt west of a row of trees. In the future, cyclists will be able to cross the trough structure on Hindemithstrasse over a new bridge. Part of the Auwiesenweg is also to be rededicated and upgraded as a bicycle road. According to the city, residents’ contributions are not due.

Twelve trees have to give way for the construction of the cycle highway. According to the city, nine of these can be relocated on site. There should be substitute plantings for the trees that cannot be replaced.

The construction work is expected to take eight months.

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