German Truck drivers described the parking situation as extremely difficult

Regardless of the efforts of the Federal Ministry of Transport to permanently expand the number of parking spaces for parking in areas where highways are being repaired, the current situation on the roads of Germany is extremely worrying.

In 2018, a series of investigations carried out by the Ministry of Transport revealed a lack of parking space for vans on the highway in the city, with a number of vans parked at night. According to the data, at that time there was a shortage of approximately 23 thousand. parking spaces for vans on highways and their surroundings, apparently only 71 thousand. parking spaces for approximately 94 thousand overnight parking spaces. In the period from 2018 to 2023, approximately 3 thousand were added. a place with 542 creations over the last two years.

The main goal of the Ministry of Transport is the expansion of parking facilities on federal highways. The total cost for this goal is 100 million euros. Additional funds are allocated through the highway park model funding program.

A difficult situation is evident in the federal state. For example, on the Saxony-Anhalt motorway, the buffer zones on the transit routes A2, A9 and A14 are particularly relevant. This problem affects not only 52 non-kerated parking areas and 11 non-kerated zones, in addition to repairing approximately 600 km of highways in the area. With 18 private parking lots, there are approximately 3.6 thousand. parking space for vans.

Over the past five years, approximately 240 new parking spaces for vans have been created in the region, and in the near future it is planned to add another 170 or 125 parking spaces. In addition, as part of the removal of university spaces on the A14, six more new parking lots will be created with a total of 200 additional spaces.