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Cycling path to connect Luxembourg City with Esch-sur-Alzette
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Cycling path to connect Luxembourg City with Esch-sur-Alzette

by Heledd Pritchard, Maurice Fick 07.12.2019 From our online archive
The track will be 28km long and will travel alongside A4 motorway
A cycling and walking path 7.5m above ground will also connect Esch-sur-Alzette with Belval Photo: mmtp
A cycling and walking path 7.5m above ground will also connect Esch-sur-Alzette with Belval Photo: mmtp

A 28km cycling path connecting Luxembourg's capital with the country's second largest city, Esch-sur-Alzette, is set to built.

The route will be built alongside the A4 motorway and aims to help reduce road congestion.

Along the way – between Esch-sur-Alzette train station and the central station in the capital – cyclists will be able to get off the path at the Cloche d'Or and in Helfenterbruck in Hollerich, not far from the P+R Bouillon.

Photo: mmtp
Photo: mmtp

Transport minister François Bausch said the "high quality" link between the two cities is in planning stage. The path will be no steeper than a 6% gradient.

Another 2km-long cycling and walking path will be built between Esch-sur-Alzette and the university and business hub in Belval. This path, which will stand 7.5m above ground, will be the longest cyclist and pedestrian bridge in Europe, Bausch said. 

Photo: mmtp
Photo: mmtp

The Ministry did not say how much the 28km route will cost but said the section between Esch-sur-Alzette and Belval will come in at around €36 million. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2022.

The idea of extending Luxembourg's cycling paths was first tabled in 2015, with the aim of creating a total of 1,102km of cycling routes stretching across the country.


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