The entrance ramp is blocked with barriers, barring motorists from actually using the completely-built thoroughfare. By now, the section of the road, counting several hundred metres, has become covered in grass and moss, effectively becoming reclaimed by nature.
The cause of the lingering closure is a legal expropriation battle between the state and the presumed owner of the land. The state believes the land on which the entrance ramp is built is the state’s property, but private individuals have submitted a claim for damages, disagreeing with the former. In return, the state is citing ‘public use’ in the ongoing court case.
The Luxembourg City courts have been focusing on the issue of assigning the land for some time, coming to an interim ruling last summer. The affair will return to court in March. Both Minister for Mobility and Public Works Francois Bausch and Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna expect a verdict in the spring, they revealed in a response to a parliamentary question submitted by Democratic Party MP Gusty Graas.
The ministers also revealed that it could be possible that the civil party may appeal the decision, which means it is impossible to say when the entrance ramp should be accessible to the public. Given the ramp’s current state reclaimed by nature, if the court were to rule in favour of the state, the authorities would nevertheless need to both clean and even resurface the tarmac.
