Safely and quickly from the Hiller crossing to the Schwalbennest and beyond – what the locals have already enjoyed extensively over the past few days and weeks is also officially possible since Friday.
Mainhausen – Representatives of the state road construction authority Hessen Mobil, the municipality of Mainhausen and the district of Offenbach have released the cycle path to the lakes along the state road 2310.
Time-consuming is sometimes good. “We have been agile here as rarely before,” said Kathrin Brückner, head of Hessen Mobil’s design and construction department, with satisfaction, on Friday. From the start of construction in October until approval was given, the construction of the 1.3-kilometre-long and 2.50-metre-wide cycle path connection took just seven weeks. According to Brückner, the state authority has spent 432,000 euros to close the “major gap” in the regional cycle path network.
Added to this are the planning costs which, according to Mainhausen Mayor Frank Simon, his community has anticipated. Simon recalls the long story: A decade and a half ago, the topic was the desire for a safe expansion of the formerly beaten path between the highway to Stockstadt, the fishing lake and the Bong pit in the city council. In 2017, after numerous unsuccessful requests to Hessen Mobil, the municipality intervened independently and had a temporarily paved path built.
According to Simon, not only the inhabitants of the settlement on the edge of the forest benefit from the now professional, hard-wearing and long-lasting asphalt route from the junction of the county road 2310 with the county road between Mainflingen and Zellhausen up to the entrance to the Schwalbennest, but also numerous commuters who cycle to Stockstadt and drive to Aschaffenburg. The mayor expressly welcomed Hessen Mobil’s intention to separate the entire length of the new section from the roadway with a safety barrier.
In the ongoing update of the regional cycle traffic plan, closing the gap serves as a starting point for further developments, explained Karsten Maass, head of cycle traffic in the Offenbach district. (by Karin Klemt)
