Overview
- The SPD group in the state parliament said it will not bring back the abolished street-upgrade charges paid by homeowners.
- Fraktionschef Björn Lüttmann cited trust for cities and residents and said the rules should not be flipped again.
- Infrastructure minister Robert Crumbach had kept a revival open after a state review of town reimbursements, and he did so as the state faces a projected billion-euro budget gap.
- Freie Wähler, which led the 2019 petition that ended the fees, vowed a new citizens’ push if they return, while BSW rejected any comeback and the AfD urged scrapping other road levies too.
- Since 2019 the state has reimbursed towns for eligible road projects, and the towns’ association warned funding still falls short and must not be cut.