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Sickingenstrasse in Trier: Pavement renovation starts, traffic closed on one side!
In Trier, the partial closure of Sickingenstrasse for asphalt work will begin on July 7, 2025. Traffic is regulated.
Sickingenstrasse in Trier: Pavement renovation starts, traffic closed on one side!
In Trier things will be going well again in the coming days: the sidewalk on Sickingenstrasse will be spruced up! Construction work to renew the asphalt surface of the sidewalk will begin on Monday, July 7th. Those responsible have already announced that there will be a partial closure of the road between Bergstrasse and the first hairpin bend for probably two days. Traffic is controlled by traffic lights, so the disruption should remain manageable. These measures are urgently needed because after just one year the road has numerous potholes and cracks, as Volksfreund reports.
The last renovation work on Sickingenstrasse was only carried out in March 2024. Within just four days, 2,500 square meters of road surface covering 550 meters between Bergstrasse and the former St. Clara monastery were renewed. With a price of around 90,000 euros, this represents a considerable investment. However, the city administration considers the repairs to be only a temporary solution, as they only renewed the surface. For a more comprehensive renovation of Sickingenstrasse, a complete expansion is required, which, according to head of the building department Thilo Becker, should be included in the current priority list of infrastructure projects. However, this list is still in draft form and cannot be published at the moment.
Why the condition of the road is not better
The replaced areas are not permanent, and the city expects more potholes to appear after the winter because only the asphalt surface was replaced. The substructure consists partly of an old road surface and natural stone, which affects the durability of the new surface layer. “The spalling is not due to installation or material errors, but rather to local conditions,” the city says. The road is also heavily used by buses and car traffic, especially crowded tour buses. There are no plans to restrict or ban these vehicles because, according to the city administration, there are no particularly dangerous situations.
The desolate condition of the sidewalk along Sickingenstrasse is particularly noticeable. Despite the city's announcements that maintenance measures will be carried out by the end of the second quarter of 2024, pedestrians continue to wait for improvement. In this context, a reader commented in the recent discussion about the road that in this case the construction company might have to be responsible for the damages under warranty. However, the city maintained that the measures implemented represent the most economical solution.
A look into the future
Infrastructure such as roads and bridges are important for a sustainable Germany, as shown in a study by the KIT research center. However, the current challenges in infrastructure construction require a holistic analysis of all relevant aspects, not just the pure manufacturing costs. This has also been shown on Sickingenstrasse, where local conditions have a major influence on the stability of the adaptation measures.
The city of Trier is now faced with the challenge of finding a sustainable solution for Sickingenstrasse. To ensure that residents and road users have smooth and safe passage as quickly as possible, many are hoping for the planned infrastructure measures to be implemented quickly.