Transport – Vice-Chief of Track Kefer are in for trouble to Stuttgart 21 – Süddeutsche.de

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Berlin (dpa) – After criticism of its information policy the rail project Stuttgart 21 deputy railway director Volker Kefer admits his board position

the manager did the chairman of Deutsche Bahn, Utz-Hellmuth Felcht told, it was reported from the environment of the control Panel. but Kefer would still stay as long as a board for infrastructure and technology in office until a successor is found.

The 60-year-old cares, since 2010, to the billion project Stuttgart 21 was Once known two weeks ago that the current cost and schedule for the construction of a new underground through station, including feeder lines is not likely to hold, criticism grew Kefer. Supervisory Board Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Kirchner criticized, three months ago, the Executive Board had stated that it was all right. This has now proved to be false, had Kirchner, the president of the union EVG is, said on Sunday the dpa.

In Stuttgart 21 after the recent stocktaking of the web the targeted start end 2021 is in danger. It could take the internal reporting up to two years longer. In addition, the financial buffer of EUR 500 million is almost depleted. So far, the determined by the Supervisory Funds totaling EUR 6.5 billion. From the project partners almost € 6.0 billion have been approved as an investment budget.

In the project are noisy train opinion since the end of 2012 by external factors cost risks in the amount of 623 million euros added. Only EUR 166 million of which was attributable to the delayed building permits. Altered Tunnelling Method to avoid anhydrite damage caused by the swelling mineral, proposes with 144 million euros.

Although it is already built at various locations, the project in Baden-Württemberg’s state capital is still highly controversial , The core is the reconstruction of the Stuttgart train station into an underground station.

In the coalition negotiations after the regional elections in March, the project had again caused tensions. Green and CDU could long not agree on a formulation of how the government should deal with possible additional costs. The final score was diplomatically, in discussions with the rail to hold on to the target, do not pass the promised land from 930 million euros also to take part in the billion-project.