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A proposal by Germany鈥檚 transport ministry to accelerate the planning and construction of new motorways is causing an uproar by the Green Party, which argues that plans by Free Democrat (FDP) minister Volker Wissing undermine promises made in the government鈥檚 coalition treaty. In an with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Wissing had said motorways 鈥渃ontinue to play a very important role鈥� in transport planning and should be expanded with the same rigour as railways. The country would be facing logistical bottlenecks if it did not pursue road expansion, the FDP minister said, arguing that 鈥渟tanding still is not an option.鈥� However, according to his cabinet colleague Steffi Lemke, environment minister for the Greens, the government should not focus on expanding the road network. 鈥淲e need an acceleration for key projects like renewables or replacing bridges to modernise the country,鈥� Lemke the newspaper. The environment minister rejected Wissing鈥檚 call for cutting legal pathways for environmental NGOs to stop infrastructure modernisation in the courts. National and EU law gives NGOs every right to ensure construction projects are carried out within the limits of existing regulation. 鈥淎n attempt to sweepingly reduce these rights is legally and technically off target, risks causing further legal uncertainty and ultimately more delays,鈥� Lemke said. Her fellow Green Party member Stefan Gelbhaar, the party鈥檚 transport policy spokesman, said Wissing鈥檚 plans 鈥渃ontradict the coalition treaty,鈥� news magazine Der Spiegel . The coalition parties; the FDP, the Greens and chancellor Olaf Scholz鈥檚 Social Democrats (SPD); had agreed to jointly assess the need for new projects for the 鈥淎utobahn,鈥� Germany鈥檚 long-distance road network. The coalition treaty says that 鈥渕uch more鈥� funding will go into building new railways than roads and that the focus will be put on 鈥渕aintenance and modernisation鈥� rather than expansion. 鈥淭he ministry does not pursue achieving the agreed climate targets but presents a draft law that is in direct opposition to these targets,鈥� Gelbhaar said.聽

The country鈥檚 transport sector has been particularly slow to achieve progress in emissions reduction in recent years, with an excessive focus on road transport and passenger vehicles considered to be a major cause of this slow progress. The Green Party has positioned itself firmly against further expanding the country鈥檚 vast Autobahn network, which at as of 2021, is the longest in Europe. Increasing railroad transport volumes while reducing car emissions has been on the transport ministry鈥檚 agenda for years but a major shift of transport modes has so far not been achieved.聽