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General renovation costing almost six million euros is nearing completionThe completion of the general renovation of Graz Elisabethstrasse requires a diversionGraz (October 31, 2025).- Construction work started in May 2024, and as planned, the general renovation of Graz Elisabethstrasse (in the state road directory B 67a, Graz Ringstrasse) is now entering the home straight. State Transport Councilor Claudia Holzer: In order to be able to carry out the remaining asphalting work from the Merangasse intersection to the Hartenaugasse intersection, a total closure is planned between these two intersections on two nights, namely between November 3rd and 5th from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. - provided the weather permits. That such a major construction project will cost almost six million euros, of which the city of Graz and management authorities will cover around half, and also It is not a given that the planned construction time will be adhered to. A big thank you to everyone involved, especially to project manager Georg Neuhold from the traffic department and the construction company Strabag. With a daily traffic volume of up to 42,300 vehicles and heavy regional and city bus traffic, the construction work was correspondingly challenging. In addition to a general renovation of the roadway with the laying of sewers and pipes, the traffic areas were also re-divided, with the aim of reducing or avoiding traffic jams and traffic conflicts in the future. The entire construction site extended from the glacis to Hartenaugasse. Once the asphalting work has been completed, marking work and remaining work will still be carried out, says Neuhold. The changes at a glance: Changes in private transportFor motorized private transport, there is now only one lane into the city instead of two. The left-turn lanes to Lichtenfelsgasse and Hugo-Wolf-Gasse are no longer available. The intersection area of Lichtenfelsgasse and Hugo-Wolf-Gasse is now controlled by traffic lights. Changes in public transport As part of the redesign, separate bus lanes were built. Inward to the city over a length of 356 meters and outward of the city over a length of 100 meters. This can increase the performance of bus transport. The existing Glacisstrasse and Uni/Beethovenstrasse stops were expanded into double stops. Changes regarding parking options For the reallocation of the public traffic area, it was necessary to give up 36 parking spaces (outside the city). In the future, the newly built bus lanes can be used as parking from Monday to Friday between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. as well as on Saturdays and Sundays. Changes to sidewalks As part of the redesign, the existing sidewalks were renovated and bottlenecks in house projections and trees were eliminated. The continuous width is at least two meters (in exceptional cases only 1.90 meters for individual trees). So-called root bridges were built in the area of the existing 13 large plane trees. They protect the root area of the plane trees and allow for a larger sidewalk width. Graz, October 31, 2025
