Taunus / Rhein-Main (red) – Last year, the regional association FrankfurtRheinMain caused a sensation in the region with its cycle path offensive: Nine cycle highways are to run through the FrankfurtRheinMain region in the future.
The regional association wants to initiate feasibility studies with the profitable municipalities and counties and then take responsibility for the implementation, because “feasibility studies cannot be used for cycling”, as the first deputy and mobility director Rouven Kötter (SPD) often emphasizes.
The corona crisis naturally presented this ambitious project with challenges. The association therefore wants to present its progress in a very transparent manner: “From now on, there is an overview of all projects on our homepage, which shows the current status and upcoming steps. There is also some basic information about the individual cycle routes and explanations of the work steps. All interested parties can see at a glance how their dream projects are progressing, ”explains Kötter. The overview is designed in the style of a fun fair race and shows immediately how far the individual projects in planning and implementation have already progressed.
One learns, for example, that the pioneering project, the Radellellweg FrankfurtRheinMain (FRM) 1 from Darmstadt to Frankfurt, is, as expected, the most advanced. The regional association presented the feasibility study here in 2015, and the first construction phase between Egelsbach and Darmstadt-Erzhausen has now been opened under the leadership of Regionalpark RheinMain Südwest gGmbH and the dedicated work of Kelsterbach Mayor Manfred Ockel (SPD). Further sections are in the works.
The FRM 7 (Hanau – Frankfurt north Main) and FRM 5 (Vordertaunus – Frankfurt) projects are not quite there yet. But here the feasibility studies are already available (FRM 7) or have been announced for this summer (FRM 5). The regional association then plans to implement this together with the municipalities.
Declarations of intent have already been signed with all project partners for the two cycle routes that affect the Offenbach district (FRM 8 and FRM 9). The next step is to commission two feasibility studies.
A special feature is the FRM 2, which is to run from Groß-Gerau to Frankfurt Airport. Here the Groß-Gerau district takes over the project coordination and the regional association works as a project partner.
For the FRM 3 from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt via Hofheim, Kriftel and Hattersheim, the state of Hesse sees great opportunities in its potential analysis. This is the starting point for a cooperation project between the association and the municipalities. The same applies to the FRM 6 across the Wetterau from Butzbach to Frankfurt and the FRM 4 Taunushang from Bad Soden via Schwalbach to Eschborn – with connection to the Vordertaunus FRM 5 cycle route from Friedrichsdorf via Bad Homburg, Oberursel, Steinbach and Eschborn to Frankfurt.
The plans of the regional association take into account not only the commuters on the “long” routes, but also for everyday and leisure cyclists a lot should improve: While the first package of measures described in the cycle path offensive mainly revolved around cycle paths, this year a second package of measures will be launched to deal with the gaps in the regional cycling routes. These are regional cycle routes that connect towns and cities with one another, but have no potential for a cycle express way.
Information about the cycle highways and the link to the new overview is available at
www.region-frankfurt.de/rsw.
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