Less money for streets
BUND is investing significantly more in rail transport
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An unpublished list shows that the federal government is planning almost twice as much money for rail traffic by 2028 as for the street. A total of almost 65 billion euros are planned for the rails in the household – also because upcoming investments are to be preferred.
According to a media report, the federal government is investing significantly more money in rails than in streets in the coming years. Citing a previously unpublished list of the Federal Ministry of Finance, 18.1 billion euros are planned for federal railways in 2025, and only around 9.1 billion euros were reported for federal highways, as the “world” reported.
Accordingly, the investments in the following years 2026 and 2027 are similar. The federal government plans to spend 17.0 billion and 17.7 billion euros on rail traffic. 9.6 billion and 9.7 billion euros are planned for the streets. In 2028, investments in both areas are more likely to be more alike, the newspaper continued. Then 13 billion euros are scheduled for rails in the federal budget, 9.9 billion euros for streets.
In addition, after 2025, the overall investments from the federal budget reach a record status after 2025. For 2026 and 2027, the government is therefore planning to be 77.5 billion euros, for 2028 with 71 billion euros. According to the “world”, the decline is justified by the fact that expenses have been reversed.
“The currently high investment needs for the railways are countered, among other things, by preferring planned payments for 2028 and 2029 to the previous years,” the Ministry of Finance told the newspaper. The train later receives less loans and equity. The investments would still be above the pre -crisis level of 2019.
