Bernburg. Will it be classic blue, fresh green or elegant anthracite? Starting this week, everyone can cast their vote and help decide the colour of the future cycle and pedestrian bridge at Groß Rosenburg. The Salzlandkreis district has launched a short, simple and anonymous online survey on its Groß Rosenburg cycle bridge project page. It will remain open until 30 June. Until then, everyone can take part and choose their favourite from the three options, so that the bridge is not only modern, climate-friendly and safe, but also a real eye-catcher in terms of appearance and colour.
"It will be our bridge for locals and tourists, who we welcome to the Salzland district with colour and friendliness," says District Administrator Markus Bauer. "This proud feeling is developing. And everyone who contributes to shaping our region and representing it to the outside world also supports our work and the district's strategic goals. We want nothing more and nothing less than an attractive place to live and do business, and we are thinking about climate protection and development in rural areas together."
The planned steel truss bridge over the Saale - 275 metres long and one of the largest cycle bridges in Germany - will connect the Barby districts of Groß Rosenburg and Tornitz, which are separated from the river, and link them to the Saale cycle path on both sides when it is completed by 2027 at the latest. The project also includes new bicycle service stations at the Sachsendorf and Gnadau railway stations to make it easier for commuters in particular to switch to bikes.
The Salzland district had acquired almost five million euros in federal funding from the National Climate Protection Programme for this next investment project, worth a total of seven million euros, which was developed jointly with the town of Barby, and is currently working with its partners on the approval planning for the bridge construction.