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Germany's infrastructure push needs more than money

In 2025, Chancellor Friedrich Merz committed to revitalizing Germany's deteriorating infrastructure by upgrading railways, schools, and telecommunications networks.
This commitment follows a 400-meter bridge collapse in Dresden in September 2024 that highlighted a national backlog of ageing roads and bridges needing urgent repair.
Merz's coalition secured a 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund intended for 12 years to address these issues but local delays and shortages in project management challenge progress.
Steffen Scheller, mayor of Brandenburg an der Havel, stated, "Money alone solves nothing" and noted a lack of engineers as projects face postponements like a bridge delayed until 2026.
The situation implies that despite funding and political will, comprehensive planning, better oversight, and long-term contracts are essential to fix Germany's crumbling infrastructure.

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Germany needs more than money to upgrade its crumbling roads and bridges

As Germany's new government plans an ambitious push to rebuild bridges and big infrastructure projects across the country, local leaders say it will take more than funding to make projects happen.

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