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Icy Sidewalks in Berlin: Wegner and Bonde Want Road Salt Used

Black ice is causing debate in Berlin: Unlike in Hamburg, the law prohibits the use of de-icing salt. Will this change soon?

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Lean Left

For days it has been dangerously smooth in Berlin. A special regulation should now allow to free walkways from the ice. Also in Hamburg one reacts to the further wintery weather.

·Germany
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Lean Left

Because of extreme smoothness, Senator Bonde intervenes in a special arrangement. In the course of the day, a vote is to be taken with the city cleaning. Mayor considers way for "bidden".

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Center

Due to the winter weather, Berlin's mayor demands a strewn salt permit for the capital. Bavaria's Deputy Prime Minister Aiwanger responds.

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Lean Right

Mirror-smooth walkways have been creating pedestrians in the capital for days. For environmental reasons, no salt can be used. Berlin's governing mayor Wegner wants to obtain an exception. His demand does not seem to be well received everywhere.

Lean Right

In Berlin it is frosty - there are more questions, why the winter service is not running around especially on sidewalks. An appeal of the Governing Mayor to his state parliament causes a stir.

·Berlin, Germany
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Lean Right

Many roads in the federal capital are currently dangerously smooth. However, the use of salt is prohibited because of possible environmental effects. The attempt by Berlin's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) to obtain an exception, initially mocks him.

·Dortmund, Germany
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Berliner Morgenpost broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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