Overview
- Voters approved the council-backed plan with 75.2% support, casting 12,159 valid ballots and easily clearing the quorum of 5,443.
- The federal route will shift to the western corridor via Oskar-von-Miller-Straße, Fürstenfelder Straße and Äußere Schöngeisinger Straße to connect with the B471.
- The mayor says he will sign the reclassification agreement in the coming days, and the state road authority expects the status change to take effect in the first half of the year after formal publication.
- The historic Amperbrücke will be renovated rather than replaced, with officials citing a three‑month delay to the process, an imminent tender, and a goal to complete the work within two years.
- City leaders plan structured public participation on traffic-calming and downtown design, and an added traffic signal is planned at the Äußere Schöngeisinger Straße–B471 junction.