A8 motorway widening - 6-lane widening Munich-Augsburg Pilot project operator model, roadside greenery, equalisation areas, maintenance measures

Planning and construction were carried out in the concession section Augsburg-Munich over a length of 52 km as part of a pilot project as an operator model. The A8 is thus the first motorway in Germany for which a construction concession was awarded to a private operator.
a -services GmbH commissioned NRT with the green space management (planning, construction management, accounting) for the roadside greenery and 25 ha of roadside compensation areas. A maintenance and development plan (PEPL) was drawn up for this purpose. On the basis of the PEPL, a landscape management implementation plan was drawn up for the maintenance work facing the motorway, which is carried out mechanically by a landscape maintenance company. On the side away from the motorway, NRT developed an extensive grazing concept with Scottish Highland cattle on behalf of autobahnplus-Services and is also monitoring its implementation.

As part of the Augsburg-Munich operator model, the care and maintenance of around 180 ha of roadside green and compensation areas was designed in the form of an extensive grazing model. The areas newly created during the expansion are grazed by approx. 130 highland cattle and several hundred sheep. The highland cattle are "in use" all year round.
This way, a contribution is made to the sustainable, resource-saving care and maintenance of the roadside areas. Extensive grazing promotes biodiversity and the biotope network in a special way compared to conventional care and is also more resource-efficient and economical than the use of machinery.
The extensive care and year-round presence of the grazing animals make the project unique in Germany and the Augsburg-Munich route unmistakable. The high recognition value and the accompanying public relations work promote an understanding of nature and identity in a special way.