Model project for the ecological care of the green along the street

The Ministry of Transport presents the results of the model project for the ecological maintenance of the road grass. The new findings form the basis for even more biodiversity in the countryside along the street.

The areas along streets can make an important contribution to the preservation and combat of biodiversity insect death afford. The State maintenance in the country this important task. "When you drive through the country with open eyes, you can see a variety of flowering embankments and traffic islands. This shows that a lot has already been achieved for biodiversity along the streets," says State Secretary elke rooms and praises: "I would like to thank all employees who, in addition to their other diverse tasks for the ecological preservation of the Green on the roadside dedicate. "

Since the maintenance methods were still relatively unexplored, the Ministry of Transport launched the model project "Reduction of green care costs on streets while increasing the biological diversity-a practical test" . The University and Environment Nürtingen-Geislingen (Hfwu) Together with the street masternies from six counties, various nursing measures were made on grass areas, various options for attachment from Performed flower surfaces and the importance of the areas for wild bees examined. It was also checked whether the instructions introduced by the Ministry of Transport in 2016 have to be rethinked with regard to the sections of the area.

The results confirm the great potential of green spaces

The results of the project are now available. They confirm the great potential of the street -side green spaces to strengthen biodiversity and that the Ministry of Transport is on the right track. The project has shown in particular that the normal care of the area, the so -called regular care, requires adjustments, the areas have to be viewed very differently and only limited savings potential exist. In order to be able to achieve the goal of the state government, to create significantly more biodiversity along streets, selected areas must be upgraded by eliminating famines and creating flowering areas. These highly effective measures with quick success can only be implemented with additional budget funds, which is currently only possible to strengthen the biological diversity through the country's special program.

On July 28, 2021, the Ministry of Transport presented the results of all road construction offices and road maintenance departments in the country. The high number of participants in the information event and its feedback have confirmed the interest and commitment of the roadmasters and road building authorities in this matter. The successful project was an important step towards more biodiversity in the countryside along the street.

achieve further ecological success

"With the results now presented, we have a solid scientific basis to make green greening in the future even more species.

After the presentation of the results, the version published by the Ministry of Transport will be revised Information paper on the ecologically oriented care of the road margin . The employees from the service of the operating service are included.