The ADFC cycling club has criticized the plans for cycle paths along federal road 97 between Hoyerswerda and the state border with Brandenburg. "The Free State of Saxony must no longer leave cyclists in Lusatia in the lurch," said Saxon ADFC chairman Janek Mücksch in a statement. The cycle path has been promised for 20 years.
ADFC: already good cycle paths on the Brandenburg side
The ADFC assumes that many more cycle path plans will be abandoned due to the planned budget cuts. The situation on the B97 is particularly drastic, as there are already good conditions for cyclists on the Brandenburg side. "It is embarrassing that Brandenburg has been demonstrating how modern cycling policy works for years, while Saxony is gradually signing off completely on this issue," said Mücksch.
According to the Saxon Ministry of Infrastructure, the plans have been put on hold due to the restricted area that the federally-owned Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbauverwaltungsgesellschaft (LMBV) designated in the former mining area in Lusatia following the landslide in Nachterstedt (Saxony-Anhalt). In July 2009, around 2.8 million cubic meters of soil, including houses, fell into the Concordia open-cast mining lake in the accident, which claimed three lives.
