The city of Langen is now also connected to the “Radautobahn” to Frankfurt and Darmstadt. The cycle path should be completely finished in 2023.
In 2023, the 35-kilometer high-speed cycle route from Darmstadt through the Offenbach district to Frankfurt should be ready. The first phase of construction on the Egelsbach district has been completed for two years; now the “cycle highway” has finally reached Langen. The first urban section is to be opened on October 30th.
You are far from that far in the neighboring village of Dreieich – there are now half a dozen variants for the route. It was all the more important that the city councilors were able to agree on a route west of the S-Bahn tracks in their most recent meeting.
The bridge over the creek between the widened Leukertsweg and Goethestrasse is currently being clad with aluminum and given a non-slip surface for the cycle expressway in the south of Langen. The first urban section ends in Walter-Rietig-Straße and will be released shortly. The next section then leads along the railway line on the existing cycle and footpath, which will be expanded and paved, to the train station and will be tackled in 2022.
The first section of Langen will be opened on October 30th with a party in the southern district. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. along the Leukertsweg there is a colorful and informative program about the Schnellweg and cycling in general.
In Dreieich, the route west of the S-Bahn tracks, which is also known as the summer route, was not considered feasible for a long time, as the forest would have to fall. The state government has now introduced an amendment to the Forest Act, according to which a high-speed bicycle connection can also be established in the protected forest. In their most recent meeting, the parliamentarians therefore unanimously voted in favor of an FDP proposal that the Rhein-Main Südwest regional park should develop and evaluate this near-rail route for the “cycle motorway” as soon as possible.
But there must also be a fast route through the city, said the FDP. However, their request to work out at least one more route via or in the vicinity of the Sprendlingen district was rejected. The application to examine only a “minimally invasive” route through the Buchschlag district instead of four options did not find a majority – although the FDP justified that a route via Buchschlag does not open up the city center like a route through Sprendlingen.
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