Today in Rhein-Main: Dispute over the Autobahn

Good evening,

Manfred Koehler

Head of department of the Rhein-Main editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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just a year and a half ago

that a coalition has been formed in Frankfurt City Hall, the first partner is, shall we say, half-breaching.

It is not difficult to find a passage in the coalition agreement according to which the coalition of four will not oppose the construction of the Riederwald tunnel, the closing of the remaining gap between the 66 and 661 autobahns in the east of Frankfurt.

Now the Greens have appealed to the Federal Ministry of Transport to stop further progress, there is talk of a "moratorium".

Abandoning the agreement does not meet with much approval in the alliance, quite apart from the fact that Frankfurt local politics can do little in the case of a federal project.

If you know how traffic jams up in the Riederwald day after day,

the Romans would have to advocate accelerating rather than slowing down the construction project.

But you shouldn't ask for too much either.

In principle, governing is a highly complicated matter.

Stupidly, at least from the point of view of the Roman coalition, the CDU opposition was the first to demand a gun ban zone in Frankfurt, and stupidly, from the point of view of the coalition, the Frankfurt police have now also demanded the same for the station district.

The Greens, SPD, FDP and Volt only have to keep an eye on them.

You can't agree with the opposition!

But it is also bad to speak out against a gun ban!

(A ban on weapons, not a ban on waffles, as one always wants to write for some reason, phew.) Katharina Iskandar and Bernhard Biener report how difficult it is for the ruling parties in Römer to deal with a topic that is currently sweeping past them;

In her commentary, colleague Iskandar very much advises trying such a forbidden zone in the completely slipping station district.

So, isn't there anything that everyone agrees on?

But already.

The fact that Deutsche Bahn wants to lay two additional tracks from the Frankfurt Stadion station in the direction of the main station and is even building another bridge over the Main was never wrong yesterday, at least nobody in the editorial team reported this attitude.

For decades, hardly anyone was interested in the railways.

Now she is loved, despite all her shortcomings.

Now the state-owned company only has to deliver.

And

the Hungarian writer Péter Nádas also takes photos, his pictures can now be seen in Frankfurt +++ Infraserv Managing Director Joachim Kreysing is convinced that there will be no energy transition without hydrogen +++ the Christmas market in Darmstadt will be more economical this year stand out.

I wish you a pleasant evening

Yours, Manfred Koehler

You can also read current reports from the region in Skyline-Blick, our live news blog for the Rhine-Main region, and on the Rhein-Main-Zeitung website.

The tip for the weekend

"Bona'me" is the name of a restaurant chain run by four siblings from a Kurdish migrant family from Cologne, who now run seven restaurants in Germany.

There is a branch on Junghofstraße in Frankfurt - a friendly, spacious, stylishly furnished restaurant with guests of all ages.

A potpourri of Kurdish and Turkish dishes is served there, including many classics of oriental cuisine such as tabbouleh, hummus, naan bread and pide.

A special feature are the beyti, thin flatbread pancakes that are filled with meat or vegetables, stacked and covered with yoghurt sauce.

"Bona'me", Junghofstraße 14, Frankfurt, Telephone 0 69 /4 30 51 93 00 Internet www.bona-me.de/frankfurt

The

for Friday

birthday

on

Peter Feldmann

(SPD), Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (64);

, Management Spokesman of Ferrero Germany, Frankfurt (63);

, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, Frankfurt (62);

, spokesman for the management of Subaru Deutschland GmbH, Friedberg (60);

, Board Member of the Crespo Foundation, Frankfurt (60);

, CEO of Messe Frankfurt (59);

, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society of Friends of the Old Opera, Frankfurt (58);

, General Manager of the Hanau-Gelnhausen-Schlüchtern Chamber of Industry and Commerce (55);

, managing director of the drug company Axicorp, Friedrichsdorf (52);

, restaurateur, head chef at the Schloss Groenesteyn wine tavern, Kiedrich (47);

on Saturday

Ingo-Endrick Lankau

, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria, Darmstadt (77);

, Chairman of the Board of the non-profit Hertie Foundation, Frankfurt, former Chairman of the Federal Employment Agency (71);

, organizer of the music festival "Open Doors", Neu-Isenburg (67);

, filmmaker based in Wiesbaden (58);

, Diocesan Caritas Director in the Diocese of Limburg (58);

On Sunday

Oliver Albrecht

, provost of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau for the Rhein-Main provost, Wiesbaden (60);

, chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (47).

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