Wolgast's new bypass: major project for a better quality of life!

Wolgast's new bypass: major project for a better quality of life!

There's a lot going on in Wolgast right now! The bypass, an important project to increase the quality of life in the city, is taking more and more concrete forms. The overarching goal of the measures is clear: through traffic and the flow of holidaymakers to the popular island of Usedom should be kept away from the city. The current reports from NDR According to the report, construction work is in full swing. In the last few months alone, around 250,000 tons of sand and earth were moved. Remarkable, right?

But that's not all: the complexity of the project should not be underestimated. High bridges have to be built and extensive earthworks have to be carried out in order to effectively integrate the new infrastructure into the existing road network. This brings additional challenges, especially now in summer, when over 15,000 vehicles flow through the city every day.

Changing the landscape while building

What many may not know: In order to realize the new bypass, massive interventions had to be made in nature. Entire mounds were moved and digging up to twelve meters deep was carried out on Bahnhofstrasse. Construction site manager Neele Moltmann and her team have a good hand in planning, even if the cuts in the hilly landscape are clearly visible.

The scale of the project can be seen from the new bridge over the Peene, which will be built as part of the bypass. With a total length of 1.4 kilometers and pylons 70 meters high, it will be the largest belt bridge of its kind in Europe, as well strassen-mv.de reported. The planned height above the Peenestrom is an impressive 42 meters. This makes this building the new landmark of the region!

A look into the future of mobility

But the Wolgast bypass is more than just a new road. It also plays a central role in the initiatives for sustainable urban and transport planning that are currently being pushed forward throughout Germany. The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport promotes innovative principles as part of the mobility transition, as in a program by bmv.de is to be read. The aim is to improve mobility - away from motorized individual transport and towards greater use of environmentally friendly means of transport.

The implementation of the new bypass, which will have a total length of 6.8 kilometers, aims, among other things, to improve the connection between the A20, the island of Usedom and the port and industrial location of Wolgast. A clever concept that will certainly benefit not only drivers, but also cyclists and pedestrians. It is also planned that a new bridge will connect district road 26 on the island with the bypass.

The cost of the entire project is around 287 million euros, and although the work is progressing well, possible delays must be expected. The continuity of the bypass should be achieved by the end of 2028. Drivers who will soon have to adapt to new traffic routes can be excited to see what awaits them!